Indian officials have said they would keep purchasing oil from Russia despite the threat of penalties that U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Indian state refiners have temporarily ceased purchasing Russian crude oil this week, primarily due to concerns over potential secondary tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump and reduced discounts on Russian oil.
US president Donald Trump said on July 30 that the US has concluded a trade deal with Pakistan, saying that the two countries will work together to developing "massive oil reserves" allegedly in Pakistan.
United States President Donald Trump has announced a 25 percent tariff on Indian goods, as well as an unspecified penalty for the country’s purchase of Russian oil and military equipment, as the unending war in Ukraine frustrates the White House.
Vikram Doraiswami, India's High Commissioner to the UK, defended India's oil imports from Russia, highlighting the necessity for economic sustainability and the country's long-standing security ties with Russia.
Trump has reduced the deadline for imposing sanctions on Russian oil exports, threatening 100% tariffs on buyers, mainly India and China, if Moscow doesn't end Ukraine's conflict, causing geopolitical risk.
GAIL, India's largest gas distributor, has launched a swap tender for six U.S.-loaded LNG cargoes for 2026 in exchange for six delivered shipments to India.
India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced that trade talks with the U.S., EU, and Oman are in advanced stages, with the FTA with Oman nearly finalized and discussions with the U.S. and EU progressing swiftly.
Ukraine’s state-owned oil and gas major Naftogaz has signed its first deal with Azerbaijan’s SOCAR to import natural gas via the Transbalkan route, it said on Monday.
Central European Petroleum, a Canadian company, has discovered 200 million barrels of recoverable oil and gas at the Wolin East well in Poland, marking the largest petroleum discovery in Northern Europe in over a decade.
Qatar, a major global LNG supplier, has criticized the European Union's corporate sustainability due diligence directive, threatening to redirect its gas exports away from the bloc if the law is not further revised, arguing it undermines its national policies.
BW LPG India secured a $215 million loan to refinance debt and acquire two modern VLGCs, aiming to renew its fleet amid rising demand for cooking gas.
Italian energy group Eni said on Friday its second-quarter earnings fell 25% year-on-year as lower oil prices and a weaker dollar overshadowed a better-than-expected performance at its gas business.
India’s natural gas consumption is expected to reach 103 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year by 2030, up nearly 60% from current levels, a top official said on Thursday.
TotalEnergies reported a 23% fall in second-quarter earnings on Thursday, the French oil major's worst performance in four years but in line with expectations, as lower oil and gas prices outweighed a rise in production and power sales.
Another tanker will not load fuel from India’s Nayara Energy refinery, which is under sanctions. This is the second such vessel to alter plans due to European Union restrictions, Reuters reports.
TotalEnergies and CMA CGM have formed a joint venture to operate a LNG bunker supply solution at Rotterdam's Dutch port.
Indian refiners' crude throughput declined by 4.2% month-on-month in June to 5.41 million barrels per day (22.13 million metric tons), according to provisional government data released on Tuesday.
The European Union's delayed ban-effective January 21 next year-on fuels made from Russian crude offers temporary relief, but its restrictive definition of such fuels could pose a challenge to Indian exporters.
India's petroleum product exports worth USD 15 billion to the European Union (EU) may be at risk as Brussels moves to restrict imports of Russian crude oil refined in third countries, economic think tank GTRI said.