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Crude oil prices rise as US Fed rate cut, Trump-Putin talks loom

Central banks, like the U.S. Federal Reserve, use interest rates to control inflation. Lower interest rates reduce consumer borrowing costs and can boost economic growth and demand for oil

BPCL buys 10 mn barrels of US crude oil through five-month tender

India, the world's third-largest oil importer, is increasing imports from the United States as negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement continue

PSU refiners eye Russian oil as discounts rise ahead of Trump-Putin talks

Indian state refiners - Indian Oil Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Mangalore Refinery Petrochemical Ltd - paused Russian oil purchases last month as discounts narrowed

Gulf Oil Lubricants Q1 results: Net profit increases 10% to ₹96.6 crore

Lubes maker Gulf Oil Lubricants on Thursday reported a 10 per cent growth in standalone profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 96.66 crore during the June quarter. The Hinduja Group firm had posted a standalone PAT of Rs 88.02 crore in the first quarter of last year. Revenue from operations during the quarter under review was Rs 996.36 crore, 13 per cent up from Rs 885.07 crore in the year-ago period, it said. The company further said its board has approved Rs 55-crore capex plan for enhancing manufacturing capacity by 70 per cent to 240 million litres. On a consolidated basis, the company said it achieved revenue from operations of Rs 1,016.45 crore against Rs 894.04 crore, registering a growth of 13.69 per cent and PAT of Rs 95.17 crore, up 13 per cent from Rs 84.3 crore in Q1 FY25. "Our consolidated revenue has crossed Rs 1,000 crore as we concluded the quarter with highest-ever volume, revenue, and EBITDA, driven by strong strategic execution resulting in profitable, volume-led ...

Trump tariff: Russian oil imports may dip in Aug while US' share rises

Over half of the 40 ships carrying Russian oil to India for deliveries this month are uncertain about discharging their cargoes because they will reach India only after August 21

No instructions from govt to stop or continue buying Russian oil: HPCL head

The Indian government has neither directed its oil companies to halt nor continue the purchase of Russian oil, instead allowing them the freedom to make procurement decisions purely based on economic considerations, HPCL's chairman said on Friday. Russian crude oil made up for just 13.2 per cent of all the crude that Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) processed into fuels like petrol and diesel in the April-June quarter, and a complete stoppage of oil from Moscow will not have any "significant" impact, HPCL chairman Vikas Kaushal said at an investor call. US President Donald Trump earlier this week announced he would impose an additional 25 per cent tariff on US imports from India -- raising the overall duty to 50 per cent -- as a penalty for the country's continued imports of Russian oil. Since the steep tariffs are likely to hit the USD 27 billion of non-exempt exports that India does to the US, there has been chatter around stopping or curtailing oil imports from ...

Oil set for steepest weekly losses since June, tariffs cloud demand outlook

Adding more pressure on the oil market, the Kremlin on Thursday confirmed Vladimir Putin would meet Donald Trump in the coming days, raising expectations of a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine

Nayara seeks India's help to ship fuel as EU sanctions disrupt operations

Nayara Energy has asked the Indian government for help with fuel shipping and payments after EU sanctions disrupted its operations and made it hard to find vessels and banking support

Russian oil offered to India at discounted rates amid tariff pressure

Following US President Donald Trump's decision to raise tariffs on Indian goods to 50 per cent as a penalty for its continued imports of Russian oil, Russian crude has become cheaper than Dated Brent

Nayara seeks Indian bank as EU sanctions disrupt payments for crude oil

Nayara Energy, partly owned by Russia's Rosneft, is struggling to access banking services after EU sanctions and is in talks with Indian lenders like UCO Bank

Garcetti video resurfaces as Trump targets India's Russian oil imports

MEA defends India's oil purchase policy as US President Donald Trump accuses India of 'financing' Russia's war, escalates tariff threats and stalls trade talks

New EU Russia curbs may bolster Indian oil refiners' reliance on traders

In its 18th package of sanctions against Russia the European bloc banned imports of refined petroleum products made from Russian crude coming from third countries

Fire at Iran's largest oil refinery kills 1 in country's southwest region

A fire at Iran's oldest and largest refinery in the southwest killed one person, state media reported Sunday. A leaky pump in an under-repair unit at Abadan refinery caused the fire on Saturday, killing a worker, according to the state-owned IRAN newspaper. Firefighters put out the blaze in two hours and operations remained unaffected, the report said. Iran's deputy parliament speaker, Ali Nikzad, confirmed Sunday that some workers were also injured, media outlets said. Abadan oil refinery, some 670 kilometres from the capital Tehran, began its operation in 1912. It is the biggest in the Islamic Republic, producing about 25 per cent of the country's fuel with more than 5,200,000 barrels of oil refined daily. Several fires have broken out across Iran over the past week at residential and commercial buildings, with authorities saying gas leaks and electrical short-circuiting were to blame. Iran is one of the world's major producers of oil, though sanctions by Western countries have

India's Russian oil imports up slightly in January-June, shows data

India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, received about 1.75 million barrels per day of Russian oil in January-June this year, up 1% from a year ago, the data showed

Crude oil rises to 3-week high as investors eye Trump statement on Russia

Brent crude futures rose 58 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to $70.94 a barrel by 0900 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed 59 cents, 0.9 per cent, to $69.04

Crude connection: Refiners eye Canadian shores amid supply disruptions

Heavy grade crude from Alberta can be a stable alternative to Russian Urals

Oil prices rise as Iran suspends cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog

Brent crude added 92 cents, or 1.4 per cent, to $68.03 a barrel at 1125 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude rose 89 cents, or 1.4 per cent, to $66.34 a barrel.

India to build three new strategic oil reserves to boost energy security

The new strategic oil reserves in Bikaner, Mangalore and Bina will boost emergency stockpiles, enhance energy security and aid India's push for International Energy Agency membership

Russian crude flows set to rise despite low discounts, say officials

Russian crude may rise in India's oil mix amid Middle East tensions, but LNG from Qatar and UAE-under long-term contracts-remains hard to replace

Blocking of Strait of Hormuz may impact India's energy procurement: Experts

Any blocking or disruption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz -- a narrow passage connecting the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea -- will have significant global and regional impact, including for India's energy security, strategic affairs experts said on Sunday. Following the US bombing of three major Iranian nuclear sites, Tehran has indicated that closing the Strait of Hormuz for shipping is one of the options on the table to pressure its adversaries. Nearly 30 percent of global oil and a third of the world's LNG (liquefied natural gas) passes through the strait daily and its closure would immediately reduce global supplies triggering a spike in prices, they said. The closure of the narrow passage would have significant global repercussions across energy markets and it will impact India's energy security as well, Dr Laxman Kumar Behera, Associate Professor at Special Centre for National Security Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, told PTI. Behera said any disruption