Dharmendra Pradhan says pipeline tariff rationalization

New Delhi: International Energy Agency (IEA) and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India, today organized a joint webinar on “Building a Natural Gas‑Based Economy in India Amidst a Changing Global Gas Market Landscape”. The Workshop, inaugurated in the presence of Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan, and Executive Director…

Oil India, Engineers India led consortium to buy 48% stake in NRL

MUMBAI : An Oil India Ltd and Engineers India Ltd-led consortium will buy 48% stake in the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd’s subsidiary, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL).State-run refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) holds 61.65% stake in NRL, while Oil India holds 26% and the government of Assam owns 12.35%. The consortium may have to shell…

OPEC Secretary General: Oil Not Out Of the Woods Just Yet

The oil markets are not “out of the woods” just yet, OPEC’s Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo told a virtual panel organized by the Canada-UAE Business Council, cited by The National. The UAE’s Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei, also on the panel, echoed the sentiment, saying that the oil industry was “still in the woods.”The sober…

Opec oil output hits 2-decade low as Saudis make further cuts

LONDON: Opec oil output hit the lowest in two decades in June as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab members made larger cuts, a Reuters survey found, pushing group compliance in a supply reduction pact above 100% despite incomplete adherence by Iraq and Nigeria. The 13-member Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 22.62 million…

U.S. crude oil output falls 669,000 bpd to 12.1 million bpd in April

NEW YORK, U.S. crude oil production dropped 669,000 barrels per day to 12.06 million bpd in April, the government said in a monthly report on Tuesday. The decline came as production fell 234,000 bpd in Texas, the largest oil-producing state, and 195,000 bpd in North Dakota. Output fell 16,000 bpd in federal waters in the…

India’s Petronet close to signing long-term LNG deal around spot prices

In a first, India’s biggest LNG importer Petronet on Tuesday said it is close to signing a long-term LNG deal benchmarked to daily or spot prices, which generally are lower than standard rates of such contracts. India bought liquefied natural gas (LNG) under long-term contracts from Qatar and Australia at an average of USD 3.5-4.5…