Indian Oil Corporation is in discussions to agree on a long-term supply deal with U.S. Cheniere Energy, in what could be one of many new LNG supply agreements between India and America. Indian Oil, the state oil and gas and refining giant, is negotiating a 15-year agreement to source LNG …
Read More »Russia Says Sanctions shouldn’t Hinder Oil Trade with India
U.S. sanctions against Russia’s oil exports and trade should not hinder Russian energy trade with India, Russia’s first deputy energy minister, Pavel Sorokin, said on Tuesday. Indian refiners are scrambling for alternatives after the U.S. sanctions designated hundreds of tankers, as well as oil traders, last month. Since the Russian …
Read More »India’s Fuel Demand Increased by 3.2% Year-over-Year in January
Fuel demand in India, the world’s third-largest crude oil importer, increased by 3.2% in January from a year earlier, although consumption was lower compared to December 2024, when holiday travel and the end of the monsoon season resulted in a surge in demand. India’s fuel consumption, used by analysts as …
Read More »India’s Energy Plan Faces Funding Hurdles
India is gearing up for an energy investing boom as Narendra Modi’s government courts foreign and domestic investments. India’s economy has been growing rapidly, recently overtaking the United Kingdom to become the fifth biggest economy in the world. And it’s expected to keep rising through the ranks, surpassing both Germany …
Read More »Russia Tests Sanctions with Oil Shipments to India
Russia seems to be having little difficulty skirting US Treasury sanctions when it comes to its oil industry, with the country managing to send shipments of sanctioned oil aboard sanctioned tankers to India. The U.S. Treasury’s January crackdown on Russian crude exports doesn’t appear to be a problem for Moscow, …
Read More »India Ups Efforts to Seek Alternatives to Russian Oil
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, India emerged as a major buyer of Russian oil that was widely and rapidly sanctioned by the West. However, all that may be about to change, courtesy of a fresh wave of U.S. sanctions on Russia and India’s own scramble to find alternatives. …
Read More »China Extends its Lead over India as the World’s Biggest Importer of Coal
The world’s biggest importer of coal, China, has widened its lead over the second-largest buyer, India, to the highest in more than a decade, according to customs data compiled by Reuters. Last year, Chinese imports rose while India’s fell, widening the gap between China and India in coal buying, according …
Read More »China and India Stand to Lose from U.S. Sanctions on Russian Oil Trade
The United States is set to impose some of the harshest sanctions yet on Russia’s oil industry, Reuters has reported. According to a purported U.S. Treasury document circulating among traders in Europe and Asia, some 180 vessels, several senior Russian oil executives, dozens of traders and two major oil companies …
Read More »India’s Refiners Brace for Major Disruption to Russian Oil Supply
Indian refiners expect their supply of cheaper Russian crude to be severely crippled with imminent U.S. sanctions expected to be slapped on tankers transporting Russia’s oil, refining sources in India told Reuters on Friday. Indian refiners understand that the outgoing Biden Administration is set to target in a new sanctions …
Read More »BP to Help India Boost Production at Its Largest Oilfield
India’s largest exploration and production firm, state-held Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has hired supermajor BP to be the technical services provider of its efforts to boost production at India’s biggest oilfield, ONGC said on Wednesday. India has been looking to increase its domestic oil and gas output …
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