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India has emerged as the top buyer of US crude in the first quarter of calendar year 2021 from second-biggest buyer last year as the world’s third largest oil consumer looks at alternate sources of crude amidst a spat with Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest producer, to lift output curbs, …

India, one of the world’s top oil consumers, has slammed OPEC for creating confusion with its latest decisions regarding oil supply, with many importers seeing their expectations of higher volumes disappointed. In December, OPEC+ had agreed to start raising oil production by half a million barrels daily from this month. …

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said fuel prices had gone up because of lower production in oil-producing nations due to the coronavirus pandemic. This lower production had caused an imbalance in demand and supply, the minister said. “Oil producing countries stopped production or reduced …

India’s energy demand is poised to bounce back as Asia’s third-largest economy reopens for business, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. The country’s consumption of petrol, gas oil and cooking gas in October “exceeded the figures of last year”, said Mr Pradhan during the online Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and …

India has accumulated huge oil reserves during the pandemic, taking advantage of the depressed prices and lack of demand across the world. State-funded strategic crude oil reserves are meant to tackle emergency situations and allow the Modi government to tide over short-term supply disruptions. The Indian government revealed on Tuesday …

India proposes to build a portion of its strategic oil reserve in the US to take advantage of current low prices and quickly scale up its storage. The move will allow the country to quickly enhance the strategic oil reserve to meet 100 days of oil requirements from present capacity …

India, the third-biggest oil consumer, expects fuel demand to return to normal earlier than projections by the International Energy Agency and OPEC. “If you look at the trend of the past few weeks, I’m confident that by the end of second quarter, demand will be as usual,” India’s Oil Minister …

Indian refiners have stored about 32 million tonnes of oil in tanks, pipelines and on ships, taking advantage of low oil prices to help the nation cut its import bill, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday. India, the world’s third biggest oil importer, buys over 80% of its oil …

Indian Oil Corporation Limited has signed a contract with Russia’s Rosneft for importing 2 million metric tonnes of Urals grade crude oil in a bilateral meeting.

An important subject of talks between Sechin and Pradhan was the issue of providing Indian consumers with quality crude and petroleum-based products.