Extreme cold weather last winter thinned natural gas stocks in the West and inventories have failed to be rebuilt in time, resulting in record prices near $26 per million British thermal units (mmBtu)
Various underlying oil market gauges are also pointing to a strengthening market
India's crude oil production fell 2.3 per cent in August but natural gas output rose by more than a fifth on the back of output from KG-D6 fields of Reliance-BP
Oil imports last month rose about 23% from July and about 6.2% from the same month last year
A stronger dollar makes US dollar-priced oil more expensive for holders of other currencies and generally reflects higher risk aversion, which tends to weigh on oil prices
Global anxieties along with rising imports and persistently high crude oil prices will weaken the Indian rupee in the coming week.
Oil prices hit a six-week high on Tuesday as Hurricane Nicholas weakened into a tropical storm, bringing the threat of widespread floods and power outages
Oil prices rose to a six-week high on Monday as US output remains slow to return two weeks after Hurricane Ida slammed into the Gulf Coast
The damage to offshore platforms, pipelines and even helipads was so severe that two out of every three barrels of crude normally pumped from the U.S. sector of the Gulf of Mexico are unavailable.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday, paring overnight losses, with producers in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico struggling to restart operations nine days after Hurricane Ida swept through.
Oil held steady with Saudi Arabia's cut in crude prices for Asian buyers raising the prospect of fierce competition among sellers
The current price spike has multiple sources
Brent crude futures for November fell 57 cents, or 0.8%, to $72.04 a barrel by 0101 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for October was at $68.73 a barrel, down 56 cents, or 0.8%
Ministers ratified the 400,000 barrel-a-day supply hike scheduled for October after less than an hour of talks, one of the quickest meetings in recent memory
OPEC and its allies will likely stick to their existing policy of gradual oil output increases, four sources said on Wednesday, even though the group revised up its 2022 demand outlook
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies will meet on Wednesday to assess the global market and prospects for demand as the pandemic grinds on.
Revenue in the first six months rose 22.1% from last year's low base to 1.26 trillion yuan, following a recovery in global oil prices and robust demand for fuel and petrochemical products
This is being done to make space for HPCL and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals, which will be leasing space in the ISPRL caverns for commercial use
Govt should explain the fuel tax rationale
Oil gained Wednesday, changing course after Biden administration said it would not call on US producers to increase crude output, and that efforts to increase OPEC production were a longer-range plan