South American nation has become a significant contributor to world crude supply
Brent crude oil prices saw a considerable decline from the beginning of Samvat 2080 (November 12) until October 28, dropping by 12.33 per cent from $82.52 to $72.34 per barre
Crude oil prices have been steadier on Thursday around $70.50/b in Asian hours, ahead of the weekly EIA inventory release from the US.
Oil prices showed marginal recovery on Monday to settle a per cent up at $68.71, following its worst weekly fall since October 2023 as WTI fell 8 per cent and Brent was down 10 per cent.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Sunday said it has opened another well on its flagship deep-sea project in Krishna Godavari basin in Bay of Bengal, which will help augment production of crude oil and natural gas. In January this year, ONGC had started producing oil, which is converted into fuels like petrol and diesel in refineries, from the KG-DWN-98/2 or KG-D5 block. "On August 24, 2024, ONGC marked a significant milestone by starting production from its fifth oil well in the Block KG-DWN-98/2 Cluster-2 asset," the firm said in a stock exchange filing on Sunday. "Leveraging the floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, ONGC has begun transporting and sale of associated gas, all the while underscoring its commitment to achieving zero gas flaring." It, however, did not state how much the new well was producing. With this, ONGC also successfully commissioned its gas export line from the offshore-to-onshore terminal. "Earlier in January, oil
Oil majors are also under pressure from institutional investors to cut emissions
Oil prices were flat for the day. Brent futures held at $85.95 a barrel while US crude was little changed at$81.60 a barrel
The tax, which is revised every fortnight, remained unchanged at zero for diesel and aviation turbine fuel
On the daily chart, MCX Copper has been unable to sustain the breakout of its rising channel pattern and has moved down, forming a lower high, lower low pattern, indicating bearish sentiment
Given the above-mentioned developments, we believe that the oil market is heading lower in the short to medium term due to softening of global economic conditions
Bloc members led by Saudi Arabia and Russia are holding a ministerial meeting on June 2 to decide the fate of global oil production
Despite ongoing conflicts and lower demand growth expectations, oil prices remain steady
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday, Iranian officials said
New York-listed shares of Petrobras fell more than 6% in after-hours trading as news broke that Prates was headed for the exit
The Saudi government, which directly holds about 82.2 per cent of Aramco, relies heavily on the company's payouts, which also include royalties and taxes
US crude oil inventories swelled last week by 4.906 million barrels, while gasoline and distillate stockpiles fell, according to market sources citing American Petroleum Institute figures on Tuesday
(Reuters) - India has cut its windfall tax on petroleum crude to 8,400 Indian rupees ($100.66) a metric ton from 9,600 rupees with effect from May 1, the government said on Tuesday
The peak that Indian crude oil basket has touched since Russia invaded Ukraine in Feb 2022 was in June of the same year pricing at $116.01 a barrel. It has not crossed $100 a barrel after July 2022
In the short term, the UAE's goal was to shore up the economy of a country seen as too big to fail
Product imports in March fell 6.1% from the previous month to 3.83 million tonnes, its lowest since July 2023, while exports gained 6.4%