Brent oil prices fell on the news by as much as $1 per barrel towards $75 per barrel after Reuters reported the two major Opec producers had agreed a deal.
Dwindling gas reserves and higher demand can put further strain
Congress leader in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, made the claim
Petrol price was hiked by 35 paise per litre and diesel by 26 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.
Oil marketing companies kept the retail price of petrol and diesel unchanged on Friday
A failure of OPEC+ talks on Monday means a planned output rise for August has yet to be agreed
Global shares were mostly lower Tuesday as oil prices surged after a meeting of oil producing nations was postponed, with little else guiding trading after the US Independence Day holiday. France's CAC 40 dropped 0.5% in early trading to 6,534.23, while Germany's DAX lost 0.6% to 15,561.04. Britain's FTSE 100 edged down 0.2% to 7,153.81. The future for the Dow industrials inching less than 0.1% lower to 34,663.00. The S&P 500 future lost 0.1% to 4,339.88. Talks among members of the OPEC cartel and allied oil producing countries have broken off in the midst of a standoff with the United Arab Emirates over production levels. No debt has been set for the next meeting. US benchmark crude rose $1.28 to $76.43 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, added 24 cents to $77.40 per barrel. With oil prices pushing toward $80 a barrel, that raises the risk of a price war if the conflict escalates, like in March last year, Harpreet Bhal of ActivTrades said in a commentary. Higher ..
In Delhi, the petrol price soared to Rs 99.86 per litre. Diesel rates were unchanged at Rs 89.36.
This will offer relief to exploration companies that have found it hard to sustain profitability in the face of low domestic price
Modi aimed at lowering it by at least 10 per cent by 2022 - to coincide with the platinum jubilee of India's independence
Brent crude for September gained 15 cents, or 0.2%, to $74.77 a barrel by 0629 GMT
The panel, known as the Joint Technical Committee, sees an overhang of crude by the end of 2022 under different scenarios looking at supply and demand in the oil market, the report showed.
Covid-19 has added to these issues. It has not only impacted the demand for fuel but also made the acquisition process slower.
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As a result, OPEC's share in India's oil imports has dropped to about 60 per cent in May from 74 per cent in the previous month
Ambani said RIL is looking forward to "welcoming Saudi Aramco as a strategic partner in our O2C business".
The EU is proposing laws this year that will force oil and gas companies to monitor and report methane emissions, as well as improve the detection and repair of leaks.
Crude oil production at 2.43 million tonne in May was 6.32 per cent lower than 2.6 million tonne output in the same month last year
Brent crude futures were down 52 cents, or 0.7%, at $72.56 a barrel as of 1100 GMT