State dept defended India on Iran oil import, Trump was unmoved: Bolton

Former US national security advisor John Bolton has criticise the State Department for defending India’s position on import of oil from Iran, while claiming at the same time that President Donald Trump had “not been sympathetic” to New Delhi’s case. In his tell-all book “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir” that hit…

OMCs switch to diesel as ATF demand falters

MUMBAI : India’s three state-owned refiners have changed their refining configurations, replacing aviation turbine fuel with diesel in a reflection of the troubles faced by the airlines industry. With airlines flying at a third of their capacity, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) have cut aviation…

Oil is cheaper after a week of growth

Oil prices are falling today on mixed signals after a strong growth at the end of last week.Oil prices were supported by optimism about the execution of the transaction OPEC+. Iraq and Kazakhstan on Thursday presented the monitoring Committee of the OPEC+ compensation plans outstanding commitments to reduce oil production, other countries were given until…

GECF chief Sentyurin sees OPEC as ‘model’ for gas group’s activities

London — The head of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, Yuriy Sentyurin, said June 22 that he considered OPEC a “model” for the gas exporter group’s activities, hailing the first technical dialog with OPEC as a “new chapter in our collaboration.” The GECF — whose members include gas heavyweights Russia, Qatar and Iran — came…

Asian buyers turn to US oil amid uncertain flows from OPEC

Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members have long-standing reputations as reliable suppliers to Asia, but the price war followed quickly by massive output cuts have unsettled buyers in the region.As the OPEC alliance sticks to its guns in trying to curb oil output to shore up prices, Asian buyers are increasingly looking to the US…

Nigeria cuts production of 13.67 million barrels of oil amid COVID-19 lockdown

Nigeria, one of Africa’s biggest crude exporter has forced down production quota by 13.67 million barrels for Shell, Chevron, and other oil producers in one month, according to a news report by New Telegraph. Six major firms including Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Total, Agip, and Addax participate actively in the production of about 90 percent of…

ONGC Suspends Operations at Two Rigs in Arabian Sea After Covid-19 Cases, Tightens Safety Norms

State-owned ONGC has temporarily suspended operations at two drilling rigs in the Arabian Sea after 54 employees tested positive for coronavirus and one died but the oil and gas production has not been impacted. Operations at two rigs operating in the firm’s prime Mumbai High and Bassein fields off the west coast were temporarily suspended…

State-run oil refiners in dilemma over ‘go local’ policy for below ₹200-crore shipping deals

India’s state-run oil firms are scrambling to comply with a recent government order to go local while hiring ships to haul crude and petroleum products of value less than ₹200 crore as part of the revised Make in India policy on procuring services. The government move would be a big bonanza for local fleet owners…