India wants to buy any energy product it can from Canada and its officials are urging the federal government to streamline approvals for various projects so it can tap into new supplies to feed a rapidly growing country with relatively few natural resources of its own.
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Saudi Arabia is increasing its oil production and exports as part of a contingency plan in case any U.S. strike on Iran disrupts supplies from the Middle East, two sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it would authorize companies seeking licenses to resell Venezuelan oil to Cuba's private sector, according to guidance posted on the department's website, a move that could help ease the island's acute fuel scarcity.
South Korea's industry ministry said on Wednesday it has approved the country's first petrochemical industry restructuring project, offering a support package worth more than 2 trillion won ($1.39 billion) to help companies weather a prolonged sector downturn.
Trading houses and buyers of Venezuelan oil have chartered the first very large crude carriers (VLCCs) to export from the South American country since a Caracas-Washington supply deal began, a move that will boost deliveries to India, according to four sources and shipping data.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a bid by ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to scuttle a lawsuit brought by officials in Boulder, Colorado that seeks to hold the oil companies liable for helping fuel climate change in a case that could affect dozens of similar lawsuits around the country.
State energy major Saudi Aramco has sold several cargoes of ultra light crude oil from its $100 billion Jafurah gas plant to U.S. majors and an Indian refiner as it prepares to export its first cargo later this month, four trade sources said.
Former Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said that his country's "primary goal" was to diversify exports of its enormous gas reserves, the world's fourth largest, according to the transcript of an interview published on Sunday.
India and Brazil on Saturday set an ambitious target to boost bilateral trade to $30 billion by 2030, up from the previous goal of $20 billion.
A gas shipment of 2,797.109 metric tons arrived aboard the tanker GAS HUSKY at the Baniyas maritime terminal, the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) said on Saturday, marking the fourth tanker to reach Syria since the start of the household gas shortage crisis.
The United States is engaged in “active negotiation” regarding the sale of Venezuelan oil to India, aimed at helping India diversify its sources of crude oil, US Envoy Sergio Gor said on Friday.
India is set to import the most crude from Saudi Arabia in more than six years this month, as the South Asian nation faces sustained US pressure to reduce purchases of Russian barrels.
India’s state-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has bought Venezuelan oil for the first time ever, while private refiner HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) has purchased crude from the South American country for the first time in two years, three sources with knowledge of the deals said on Wednesday.
Canada to boost direct exports of crude, LNG & LPG to India; India to send more refined products back. Deal relaunches stalled energy dialogue post-diplomatic thaw, helping Canada diversify beyond US reliance & India secure varied supplies amid global shifts.
China hasn’t brought in a single cargo of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a full year now, but that doesn’t mean it has completely walked away from the American supply.
India has sharply increased its purchases of discounted Russian crude oil since 2022, triggering tensions with the United States—including new tariffs under President Trump and threats of far steeper levies. Although a February 2026 trade deal brought some relief and a partial shift toward U.S. (and possibly Venezuelan) supplies, New Delhi continues to prioritize energy security for its 1.4 billion people and insists on maintaining strategic autonomy in sourcing oil—highlighting the deep geopolitical tug-of-war between Washington and Moscow over India’s growing energy needs.
Hungary and Slovakia have asked Croatia to help them secure Russian oil and Hungarian company MOL initiated the release of strategic crude reserves after disruption to flows via Ukraine that the two countries have blamed on Kyiv.
China's oil imports from Russia are on track for all-time high of over 2 million barrels per day in February as India is withdrawing from Russian spot purchases and supply is now heavily discounted for Chinese independent refiners.
In a move to help the chances of a trade deal with the United States, India intends to raise imports of U.S. liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and reduce such purchases from the Middle East, anonymous sources familiar with the plans told Reuters on Thursday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that India has assured the White House it will not increase its purchases of Russian oil beyond current levels, following new US sanctions on Russia’s energy sector.
