Indian refiners are expected to decrease spot crude tenders as Russian oil supplies return to normal levels, easing supply concerns despite US sanctions.
The managing director of Persian Gulf Star Oil Company reported a four million liter increase in daily gasoline production in Iran's Persian Gulf Star Refinery during the second half of 2024.
The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company stated that the company’s mission is to ensure fuel supply and emphasized that sufficient gasoline has been stored in oil depots.
Canada's carbon pricing system, aimed at reducing pollution, faces shaky future after 14 CEOs and opposition leader call for repeal, putting the Pathways Alliance carbon capture project's viability in doubt.
With just 11 days left for US President Donald Trump's tit-for-tat tariffs to kick in, India on Friday said its negotiations with Washington are underway to build a framework for a bilateral trade pact that would address issues relating to levies and market access.
Brent crude futures rose 14 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $72.14 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 16 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $68.23 a barrel.
India's government has established Strategic Petroleum Reserves, approved two more reserves, and promoted clean energy through biofuels, alternative fuels, refinery efficiency improvements, and increased domestic production.
The U.S. on Thursday issued new Iran-related sanctions, targeting entities including for the first time a Chinese "teapot," or independent refinery, and vessels that supplied crude oil to such processing plants.
On the anniversary of the nationalization of Iran's oil industry, the country's largest crude oil processing unit has commenced trial operations on Wednesday, according to the CEO of Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC).
Brent crude futures rose 34 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $71.12 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 42 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $67.58.
As part of its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, the US has sanctioned four India-based companies, “for their role in brokering the sale and transportation of Iranian petroleum-related products”, a US government statement said.
Russia has surpassed the United Arab Emirates as India's top naphtha supplier in the year to March 2025, as refiners capitalise on discounted cargoes, preliminary ship-tracking data showed, a trend buyers expect to persist for another year.
The CEO of Pasargad Exploration, Development, and Production Company announced that oil production from the Sepehr and Jufair fields increased to 64,000 barrels per day by the end of the Iranian year 1403 (March 2024).
Brent crude futures fell 11 cents, or 0.16 percent, to $69.97 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 12 cents, or 0.18 percent, to $66.78.
China's crude oil throughput in January and February rose 2.1% versus a year earlier, official data showed on Monday, supported by a new refinery and holiday travel, but weak refining margins persisted.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has told India Inc. to come up with ideas where imports from China and other nations can be replaced by U.S. goods, according to a report by The Indian Express.