Crude oil still commands its place in the fuel market, but investments in oil exploration have gone down as concerns about climate change grow
RIL did point to these recessionary fears at its investor call, saying it remained a challenge for oil companies
Govt forced to react to new conditions in petroleum markets
Stock falls a day after windfall tax cut; crude refiner's results today
Petrol and diesel prices are down by $40-50 per barrel from month-ago levels
Centre, on Wednesday, eliminated a levy on gasoline exports and cut windfall taxes on other fuels less than three weeks after they were imposed
The MCX Crude Oil futures are likely to trade with a negative bias as long as the commodity trades below Rs 8,200. Whereas, Natural Gas futures face near resistance around Rs 604.
India imposed the taxes on July 1, joining a growing number of nations placing windfall levies to tap energy companies' booming profits
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Crude oil prices jumped on Monday as US President Joe Biden's talks with West Asian countries failed to culminate in an agreement to increase output
A windfall tax is a one-off tax levied on companies deemed to have made unreasonably high profits, normally due to unusually favourable market factors
The comment during U.S. President Joe Biden's Middle East visit comes at a time when spare capacity at members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is running low.
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Review released by ministry also said that global headwinds would continue to pose downside risk to growth as crude oil and edible oils, remain major imported components
On the bourses, shares of RIL jumped 2.4 per cent in the intra-day trade, while those of ONGC rose 6.4 per cent.
Brent crude futures for September fell 20 cents, or 0.2%, to $99.37 a barrel by after gaining 8 cents on Wednesday.
Gujarat has the highest percentage of private oil pumps at 24%, followed by Rajasthan at 14.5%; the former will elect a new legislative assembly by this December, the latter, a year later
The BSE Sensex fell 372 points at close to 53,514. The index had previously risen 325 points to the day's high.
The MCX Crude Oil futures has near support at Rs 7,550, below which it can slide towards the 200-DMA. Natural Gas need to sustain above the 20-DMA to maintain its positive bias.
In the report on Tuesday, Bank of America (BofA) Securities revised upwards its Current Account Deficit (CAD) forecast by 0.4 percentage points for this financial year.