HPCL may benefit more from improvement in marketing margins
Aramco may need to raise cash this year as it confronts a historic rout in oil prices and a burgeoning list of spending obligations.
Petrol and diesel prices in India, however, remained on freeze for the 14th day in a row
The government control on pricing continues via tax tweaks
Global crude oil fell about 40% in March (to about $25 a barrel now) so far after talks of production cut between the OPEC and Russia failed.
Even if the daily price cut on petrol and diesel remains between 15 and 30 paisa till April 1, the marketing margin will remain high at Rs 8-10 per litre.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $1.75, or 6.1 per cent, to settle at $26.95 a barrel.
The coming flood of supply from Saudi Arabia and other producers could result in the largest surplus of crude in history, said global information provider IHS Markit
Saudi Arabia had been insisting for weeks that the group needed deeper production cuts to tackle the demand loss caused by the quickly spreading virus.
Foreign outflows could accelerate further if oil prices stay low
Start of new fertiliser plants offers some comfort, but disparity between procurement and selling price of gas would hurt profitability, say analysts
Market correction was long overdue
Next global recession could be around the corner and it may look a lot different from those that began in 2001 and 2008
A sustained drop in crude oil prices will affect the capital expenditure plans of ONGC and OIL
For 2019-20, the Centre had estimated average crude price of $55 a barrel, and for 2020-21, it has been assumed at $50 a barrel.
The Indian markets suffered their worst single-day rout in five years, with the benchmark indices falling 1,942 points and the rupee breaching 74 against the dollar.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2,013.45 points, or 7.78%, to 23,851.33, the S&P 500 lost 225.81 points, or 7.60%, to 2,746.56 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 624.94 points, or 7.29%, to 7,950.
Producers have cut costs, sold assets and canceled projects to repair balance sheets following crude's 2014-17 slump.
What happened in China is, to some extent, related to COVID-19, but (the fall in oil price) is independent in its own ways
Auto fuel prices may see a cut of another Rs 9-13 per litre over a fortnight if crude oil remains at same level