Indian Oil

The state-run refiner plans to raise petrochemical intensity to 16% while expanding renewables, pipelines, green hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel capacity.

State-run oil major says it has secured crude supplies until late September despite West Asia disruptions, while LPG under-recoveries continued to weigh on earnings

Q1 earnings preview: ICICI Securities said that OMCs could report significant losses, driven by higher retail fuel losses, inventory losses and a sharp rise in LPG under-recovery.

IOC purchased Angola's Kissanje and Nemba crude for delivery to its Paradip refinery

Indian Oil reported a 56.6 per cent Y-o-Y increase in net profit to ₹11,377.51 crore, compared with ₹7,264.85 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal

Public sector OMCs, including Indian Oil, BPCL, and HPCL, have been incurring losses of about ₹20 per litre on petrol and nearly ₹100 per litre on diesel due to elevated global crude prices

Stocks to watch today: Stocks of OMCs, Adani Group, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, United Spirits, Voltas, HFCL, HCC, Apollo Tyres, are among the key stocks in focus today.

The government has reduced the excise duties on petrol and diesel by ₹10 per litre each, bringing them down to ₹3 per litre of petrol and zero per litre of diesel

The refiner will share the shipment with its state-owned peers Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd

Notably, OMCs' shares have remained volatile over the past two weeks as crude oil prices have surged more than 40 per cent amid the ongoing West Asia conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran

The US-Israel war with Iran has disrupted oil and natural gas exports from the Middle East, while top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is increasing shipments from the Red Sea as an alternative

IOC's revenue from operations rose 7.7 per cent to Rs 2.36 lakh crore in the quarter ended December 2025

Indian refiners are recalibrating their strategies to shift away from top supplier Russia and boost imports from the Middle East

IOC bought 2 million barrels of medium-heavy sour Oriente oil, the sources said, without elaborating ‌on the pricing and seller

Indian oil companies that have invested in oil exploration projects in Venezuela might also be able to recover stuck dividends, with the US operating Venezuela's oil assets

Overall Russian oil deliveries to India had slowed to as little as 712,000 barrels a day in the second week of December, before rising, according to Kpler

The state-backed refiner, India's largest, is seeking grades from the US, Canada, Brazil and Latin America

The partnership with Vitol will help Indian Oil cut crude-procurement costs from spot markets and improve margins through access to new buyers

India has been balancing the risk of secondary sanctions - and the need to secure a trade deal with the US - against the risks that come with allowing much-needed ties to Russia to fray

Experts say US grades face logistical, economic, and compatibility challenges with Indian refinery configurations