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Washington is making it clear to New Delhi: any path forward on a U.S.–India trade deal runs through Russia’s oil fields. In recent talks, U.S. trade negotiators told Indian counterparts that curbing purchases of Russian crude is critical to lowering America’s punitive tariffs and unlocking a deal, sources told Reuters …

India’s federal government is in discussions with state governments to have them buy more renewable sources for power generation, Indian federal Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi, said on Monday. State-held utilities have been delaying purchases of clean energy recently, the minister said at an energy conference in …

Ukraine is restricting imports of diesel from India due to India’s continued purchases of Russian crude, which holds about a third of total Indian oil imports. Effective October 1, Ukraine will restrict imports of Indian diesel and will check samples of the diesel in laboratories to detect the presence of …

India’s top refiner, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IndianOil), has forgone buying U.S. crude at this week’s tender, instead opting for Middle Eastern and West African crude, sources in the oil trade industry told Reuters on Friday. At the previous tender last week, IOC bought as many as 5 million barrels …

India’s manufacturing activity, which consumes about half of the country’s power supply, surged in August to the highest level in 17 years, driving the fastest growth in electricity generation in five months. India saw a 4% rise in power generation in August, according to a Reuters analysis of data from …

Russia kept its number-one spot as the biggest crude oil supplier to India in July, despite U.S. pressure on India over its continued imports of Russian crude. Amid difficult U.S.-India trade talks, the Trump Administration has singled out India to punish as a buyer of Russian crude. After weeks of …

Russia’s fuel oil shipments went mostly to Saudi Arabia and India in July as Asia and the Middle East remain the key outlets for Moscow’s fuel oil and vacuum gasoil (VGO) amid import bans and embargoes in the West. Russia’s oil products have been banned in the EU and other …

China has boosted imports of Russia’s flagship Urals crude, as refiners buy additional volumes of discounted oil while India is hesitant amid U.S. threats over its purchases of Russian oil. China is the top buyer of Russian crude, but most of its imports consist of the ESPO grade shipped from …

India is launching a national deepwater exploration mission to tap more of its energy resources, boost domestic energy supply, and reduce dependence on imports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. “India will harness its deepwater energy resources, strengthening energy self-reliance and reducing dependence on foreign fuel imports,” Modi said …

India could see spikes in power prices in the coming weeks as supply will be constrained and procurement costs will rise with the shutdown of a unit at the country’s largest nuclear power plant for maintenance. India has now shut the 1-GW Unit 1 at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant …