S Dinakar

S Dinakar

The age of electrostates: India faces a long road to electrification

The West Asia crisis has stoked an urgency to electrify. Climate-related disasters, too, are prompting countries to embrace clean power. But it's a story with no easy answers

Updated On: 07 Oct 2026 | 11:56 PM IST

Diesel boom lifts Reliance and Nayara, leaves state-run OMCs bleeding

Private refiners are cashing in on export margins, while state-run OMCs absorb losses from controlled pump prices and rising domestic demand

Updated On: 04 Oct 2026 | 12:47 PM IST

US LPG supplies to India crash on UAE inroads, premiums near record

US share of India's LPG imports has fallen to 16% in September as UAE supplies surge, while delivered LPG premiums have rebounded to nearly $450 per tonne

Updated On: 23 Sep 2026 | 9:03 PM IST

COP31: Can the Antalya summit bridge the global climate finance divide?

The question of finance tends to drive a wedge between the wealthy Global North and the developing world at climate summits. Will November's Antalya summit be any different?

Updated On: 22 Sep 2026 | 10:16 PM IST

Crude supply, not price, worries Indian refiners on W Asia, Russia squeeze

Price headache is turning into a physical procurement crisis for importing countries

Updated On: 18 Sep 2026 | 1:44 PM IST

Will Turkiye COP bring countries back to the emissions discussion table?

The first of a 3-part series looks at how emission will be a major issue at the Antalya climate summit to be held in November

Updated On: 18 Sep 2026 | 7:50 AM IST

LNG prices surge to multiyear highs as West Asia war squeezes supplies

West Asian supply disruptions and low European gas storage are pushing LNG prices higher, forcing price-sensitive Indian buyers to compete with Europe for cargoes

Updated On: 07 Sep 2026 | 4:39 PM IST

India faces crude squeeze as Russian, West Asian supplies tighten

Russian crude oil supplies to India, which set records in June and July at nearly 55 per cent of the country's total imports and bailed out Indian refiners, are under threat while West Asian supplies

Updated On: 31 Aug 2026 | 12:41 PM IST

GOBARdhan scheme: Consumers may pay twice their average fuel affordability

The govt has set price of CBG for first time. But the question arises: Who pays premium for CBG, a purified, renewable form of biogas made from organic waste?

Updated On: 24 Aug 2026 | 1:44 PM IST

Venezuelan crude turns costly for India as discounts shrink, freight surges

Delivered cost of Venezuela's Merey grade surges to $95 bbl, while Russian grade has flipped from a discount to a premium over Dated Brent

Updated On: 14 Aug 2026 | 9:56 AM IST

Hormuz and India's neighbours: How China escaped West Asia crisis intact

By sharply reducing oil imports, China not only shielded its own economy from a supply shock (to an extent) - its impact also helped cushion the price shock for other Asian economies, analysts said

Updated On: 09 Aug 2026 | 10:40 PM IST

India's fuel exports to fire on all cylinders on capacity addition

India's highest annual addition of refining capacity in decades comes even as the world faces a severe shortage of oil products

Updated On: 04 Aug 2026 | 9:14 AM IST

India's languishing oil reserves: A decade of missed opportunities

There has been little meaningful activity in India's strategic petroleum reserve programme over the past decade

Updated On: 27 Jul 2026 | 10:21 PM IST

Adverse developments in West Asia, US, Russia: India may be worst-hit

The legislation allows US President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of as much as 100 per cent on the top five purchasers of Russian oil and natural gas, essentially targeting China and India

Updated On: 22 Jul 2026 | 9:06 PM IST

Escalation of conflicts in West Asia, Europe dims hopes of fuel price cuts

Escalating conflicts in West Asia and Europe are driving diesel refining margins higher, delaying fuel price cuts and increasing losses for Indian oil retailers

Updated On: 19 Jul 2026 | 11:07 PM IST

Bonn lights the fire for COP 31? Antalya summit faces the real climate test

Climate science was another bone of contention At Bonn with some nations denouncing attacks on it by "fossil-fuel interests"

Updated On: 14 Jul 2026 | 10:22 PM IST

Russian crude discounts, high freight stall India's return to West Asia oil

Record tanker freight rates, opaque Iranian supply channels and sharply higher discounts on Russian crude have kept Indian refiners reliant on Russia despite the revival of West Asian supplies

Updated On: 13 Jul 2026 | 6:59 PM IST

LNG emerged as a reliable source of energy security amid West Asia war

Senior industry officials say that New Delhi is ignoring a cleaner burning fuel, which offered more supply security during the war compared to crude oil and LPG

Updated On: 08 Jul 2026 | 3:03 PM IST

India's emission record improved in 2025: Global climate consultants

India recorded its slowest rise in carbon emissions since the pandemic, aided by slower fossil fuel use and rapid renewable energy growth, a global report shows

Updated On: 05 Jul 2026 | 11:47 PM IST

OMCs back in profit as under-recoveries on petrol and diesel shrink

Analysts and the government differ on fuel under-recoveries as crude prices ease, highlighting contrasting views on OMC margins and India's fuel pricing formula

Updated On: 03 Jul 2026 | 6:03 PM IST