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India will not buy liquefied natural gas from the sanctioned Russian project Arctic LNG 2, India’s Oil Secretary Pankaj Jain said on Friday. “We will not buy (supply from) Arctic LNG 2. We are not buying any sanctioned commodity. Something which has broad-based sanctions, we are not touching it,” the …

Financial institutions have pledged a total of $386 billion in investment commitments to help India boost its renewable energy industry, Renewables Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Monday. India targets to have 500 gigawatts (GW) of renewables capacity installed by 2030, compared to around 153 GW capacity now. The country …

Fuel demand in the world’s third-largest crude oil importer, India, is set to rise by between 4% and 5% per year for the “foreseeable” future, G. Krishnakumar, chairman of India’s state-controlled refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), said on Friday. At the same time, Indian consumption of petrochemicals is expected …

Iraq retained its position as the second-largest supplier of oil to India in July, according to recent data from Indian industry and trade sources. The data, reviewed by Shafaq News, indicated “a 4% increase in India’s crude oil purchases from the Middle East in July, lifting the region’s share of …

India has become the world’s biggest importer of Russian oil, surpassing China, Reuters has reported. Data on Indian shipments from trade and industry showed that the country imported 2.07 million barrels per day (bpd) of Russian crude in July, good for a 4.2% M/M and 12% Y/Y increase. According to …

The world’s third-largest oil importer, India, remained Russia’s number-two crude buyer in July, importing $2.8 billion worth of Russian crude, according to the latest monthly data of Russian fossil fuel exports by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). Last month, India was the second-largest buyer of …

Sources in the Indian oil sector revealed that in June, the country’s oil imports from Iraq dropped to their lowest points since September 2020. According to Shafaq News, Indian refineries have already reduced their imports of oil from several Middle Eastern producers that raised prices early this year. The Iraqi …

India’s imports of Iraqi crude oil plummeted in June to their lowest level since September 2020, industry data revealed this weekend. Indian refineries have been scaling back purchases from traditional Middle Eastern suppliers that raised prices earlier this year, the data showed. “Part of the reason is that they (Iraq) …

India plans to apply for obtaining licenses for deep-sea mining of minerals key for the energy transition in the Pacific, a senior government scientist told Reuters on Monday. India has been exploring ways to own and develop critical minerals assets abroad as its renewable energy rollout is soaring and as …

Russia’s four-week average seaborne oil exports fell to 3.11 million barrels a day as of July 14, down by almost 600,000 barrels or 17% from their recent peak in April, Bloomberg has reported. The country’s seaborne crude shipments have now sunk to the lowest since January and are likely to …