Oil India Limited (OIL), the state-owned oil and gas explorer, has $300 million in dividends from its stakes in Russian oilfields stuck at Russian banks and unable to withdraw, due to last week’s U.S. sanctions that hit the Rosneft-operated fields. The U.S. sanctions on JSC Vankorneft and Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha LLC …
Read More »Analysts: India can Switch from Russian Crude, but at a Cost
Indian oil refiners can shift away from Russian crude after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Moscow’s two largest oil companies — but the move will come at a cost, analysts said Friday. Trump has claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to cut its Russian oil …
Read More »India may Reduce Russian Oil Imports for Trade Deal
The United States and India are nearing a trade deal that could slash U.S. tariffs on Indian imports from the massive 50% to 15-16% and possibly entail India agreeing to gradually reduce Russian oil imports, Indian newspaper Mint reported on Wednesday, citing three anonymous sources familiar with the talks. A …
Read More »India Rejects U.S. Claims of Halving Russian Oil Imports
India hasn’t requested refiners to cut imports of Russian crude oil and no cuts have been seen for the already placed nominations for loadings in November, Indian industry sources told Reuters on Friday, after the U.S. claimed refiners had stared to reduce Russian supply. U.S.-Indian talks in Washington this week …
Read More »Iraq Continues to be India’s Second-Largest Oil Supplier
Iraq continued to be India’s second-largest crude oil supplier during September. According to Kpler, a prominent source of market analytics for the energy and maritime sectors, Russia remained India’s top oil supplier in September, accounting for 33.3 percent of total oil imports, Shafaq News reported. In September, India imported 1.6 …
Read More »India Benefits as Russian Oil Floods Market
More crude oil from Russia has become available for Indian refiners as Ukrainian drone attacks have reduced the Russian refining capacity, an Indian government official Reuters on Monday. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, India has relied on the discounted Russian crude banned in the West to reduce its crude …
Read More »India Eyes Long-Term U.S. LPG Supply
India’s biggest state-owned oil companies seek long-term supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the United States for the first time, according to tender documents Bloomberg has reviewed. Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPRL), and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) are seeking long-term deals with the U.S. for …
Read More »India’s Diesel Flows to Europe Jump to all-Time High
India likely exported the highest-ever monthly volume of diesel to Europe in September, as higher premiums and curbed capacity due to maintenance in Europe incentivized Indian refiners to ship more fuel to the west, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing vessel-tracking data and trade sources. India is estimated to have exported …
Read More »U.S. Presses India: Cut Russian Oil Imports or Watch Trade Deal Slip away
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 …
Read More »India Urges State Governments to Buy more Renewable Power
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 …
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