Exactly a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the UAE, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on trade in national currencies, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) made their first-ever crude oil transaction in national …
Read More »UAE, Iraq Regain Share in Indian Oil Basket
The United Arab Emirates and Iraq have started regaining their share in India’s oil import basket as the world’s largest oil exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia plan to keep their production low to boost the prices. Russia, however, continues to hold 42% of the share. While the UAE increased its …
Read More »India’s Energy Consumption Growing at Three Times Global Average
India’s energy consumption is growing at three times the global average with the nation’s oil imports estimated at five million barrels of crude oil in a day, the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said. By keeping domestic fuel prices “affordable” for consumers, India’s energy consumption is …
Read More »China’s Surge in Steel Exports Rattles Indian Producers
India may be the world’s second-largest steel producer, yet it continues to grapple with reliance on steel imports. In the last few months, China has emerged as a major steel exporter to India, leading to protests from India’s domestic sector. Indeed, India’s June 2023 steel imports rose by 5.9% month-on-month …
Read More »Coal Use Hits Record High despite Clean Energy Boom
For years, climate experts have been begging the world’s biggest economies to wean themselves off of fossil fuels. Instead, coal use is at an all time high, hitting a brand new record of 8.3 billion metric tons in 2022, up 3.3% from the prior year, according to figures from the …
Read More »India’s Oil Imports from Russia Extend Decline ahead of Curbs
India’s imports of Russian oil dropped for a second month and are expected to slip even further as the key OPEC+ producer starts trimming exports in August to help balance the global market. Daily volumes fell to 2.09 million barrels last month, down from 2.11 million barrels a day in …
Read More »India Explores Building Liquefaction Units in Iraq to Convert Flared Gas into LNG
India has initiated exploratory talks with Iraq to assess the possibility of building facilities to liquefy natural gas that is flared at the West Asian country’s oil and gas facilities, and transporting it as liquefied natural gas (LNG) to India, a senior government official said. The proposal came up during …
Read More »India Refiners Start Yuan Payments for Russian Oil Imports
Indian refiners have begun paying for some oil imports from Russia in Chinese yuan, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, as Western sanctions force Moscow and its customers to find alternatives to the dollar for settling payments. Western punishments over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have shifted global trade …
Read More »World Bank Approves $1.5 Billion for Green Energy in India
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has recently approved 1.5 billion dollars in financing to accelerate India’s development of low-carbon energy. In a statement, the World Bank has said that the financing will help India promote low-carbon energy by scaling up renewable energy, developing green hydrogen, and stimulating climate …
Read More »India’s Rising Role in U.S. Commodity Trade
In a recent interview, Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator at the Financial Times, explored the growing relationship between the U.S. and India. The article primarily targets a British audience, but still playfully mock the Brits’ obsession with the “special relationship” between the UK and US. Most people acknowledge that …
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