OPEC+, whose de facto leader is Saudi Arabia, has highlighted the importance of compliance with the pledged cuts even as oil prices have rallied this year
The share of oil from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) imported by India declined from about 65% in 2022 to 50% last year, according to industry data
Brent futures were up 19 cents to $83.74 a barrel at 1422 GMT after rising 2.4% last week. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose 6 cents to $80.03 a barrel following a 4.6% gain last week
Brent crude futures rose 6 cents, or 0.07%, to $82.83 a barrel by 0953 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were flat at $77.87
India's oil-buying spree comes as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, including Russia, are capping their production amid demand concerns
Haitham al-Ghais, secretary general of Opec stated no single source alone could cater to the growing global energy demand
The organisation was established 48 years ago and the 2023 results represent a record in new commitments
Brent crude futures for March, which expire today, fell 90 cents, or about 1.1%, to $81.97 a barrel by 1530 GMT. The more actively traded April contract was down $1.17, or about 1.2%, at $81.33
Oil prices have found support from more positive sentiment about demand this week and rising geopolitical tensions from attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthi group on Red Sea shipping
OPEC believes oil use will keep rising over the next two decades, while the IEA, which represents industrialised countries, predicts it will peak by 2030
IEA predicts that global oil consumption will rise by 1.24 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2024, compared with OPEC's 2.25 million bpd projection
Brent crude prices moved up on Thursday, ending at $78.9 per barrel
Brent crude slid 2.2%, or $1.74, to $77.02 a barrel by 1024 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures shed 2.3%, or $1.73, to $72.08
India currently imports about 50 grades of crude oil in a year
At the age of 83, Sheikh Meshal ascends to Emir of the state of Kuwait, one of the top ten largest oil-producing nations in the world
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world's two biggest oil exporters, called in December for all OPEC+ members to join an agreement on output cuts after a fractious meeting of the producers' club
First global stocktake on Paris Agreement recognizes current emissions reductions not enough
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and Opec+ agreed to a further voluntary production cut in January-March 2024 to try and support global crude prices
The oil industry is starting to sweat as United Nations climate talks heat up and threaten to plug fossil fuel-belching wells for good, veteran negotiation observers say. A reported letter from OPEC's leader pleading with the oil cartel's member countries to block any language in an agreement at climate talks that would phase out or phase down fossil fuels hit negotiations like a thunderclap. Host and fellow petrostate United Arab Emirates is trying to tamp down its reverberations in a process where one or two key nations can block everything. Environmental activists, still smarting from 30 years of soft power from oil interests keeping such discussions from seeing the light of day, smirked at signs that the mighty cartel was circling the wagons. I think they're panicking, said E3G analyst Alden Meyer. Maybe the Saudis can't do on their own what they've been doing for 30 years and block the process. Former Ireland President Mary Robinson said, They're scared. I think they're ...
Brent crude futures fell $1.59, or 2.06%, to $75.61 a barrel by 1454 GMT. US WTI crude futures fell by $1.67, or 2.31%, to $70.65 a barrel