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State-run oil marketing companies are facing mounting losses on petrol and diesel sales as a surge in crude prices outpaces unchanged domestic fuel prices, rating agency ICRA said. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) are losing Rs 8 a litre on petrol, and Rs 9 on diesel, while under-recoveries on domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stood at about Rs 300 per cylinder, ICRA said. "At these levels, the daily loss to the OMCs is estimated at Rs 530 crore," ICRA said. Crude oil prices have risen sharply in recent weeks amid escalating geopolitical tensions and supply disruptions in West Asia. The surge was driven by renewed US-Iran conflict, the shutdown of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline and heightened Houthi activities in the Red Sea. The price of the basket of crude oil India imports rose to USD 117.4 per barrel as on September 21, 2026, from the 2025-26 average of around USD 66 a barrel. "The ...
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL), India's second largest fuel retailer, on Thursday said there is no decision to replace E20 petrol with E10, clarifying that the current debate is over whether older vehicles should have access to a lower-ethanol blend and how an additional grade of petrol could be supplied across India's vast fuel-distribution network. In a media call post the company's annual shareholder meeting, BPCL Chairman and Managing Director Sanjay Khanna, however, said he saw no operational or logistical challenge in switching from E20 petrol to E10 if the government decides to change the ethanol-blending policy. "I never said that E20 will be changed to E10," he said, adding that it was being debated in some circles whether older vehicles should have an option of lower-ethanol blend fuel. "That doesn't mean E20 will be out and E10 will be in," he said. His comments come amid a wider policy discussion over whether owners of older vehicles should have access to E10 petrol,
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Wednesday reported a net loss of Rs 3,962 crore in the June quarter on keeping petrol, diesel and LPG prices way below cost that had soared due to the West Asia crisis. The net loss of Rs 3,962.13 crore in April-June - the first quarter of current 2026-27 fiscal year - compared with a profit of Rs 3,333.97 crore in the same period a year back, according to a stock exchange filing by the company. BPCL and other state-owned fuel retailers - Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) - held petrol and diesel prices steady for two-and-half-months despite a more than 50 per cent surge in prices of crude oil - the raw material for making petrol and diesel - after the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 and Tehran retaliated. And when these companies increased prices by over Rs 7.50 a litre in the second half of May, it wasn't enough to cover for the cost. The cooking gas price increase of Rs 89 per 14.2-kg
State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation on Monday said it will acquire a 40 per cent equity stake in Tiki Tar and Shell India for Rs 85 crore in cash, as it seeks to expand its presence in India's fast-growing value-added bitumen market. The acquisition, which has received approval from the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), is expected to be completed within 90 days, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) said in a regulatory filing. The transaction is not a related-party deal. Incorporated in October 2019, Tiki Tar and Shell India Pvt Ltd (TTSIPL) manufactures and markets bitumen and bituminous products used in highways and airport runways. Its portfolio includes VG Grade Bitumen, Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMB), Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB), and emulsions. The company also exports to Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. BPCL said the investment aligns with its strategy to tap growing demand for value-added bitumen driven by India's infrastructure ...