Both benchmark contracts rose more than 40 cents on Monday and extended those gains modestly in early trade on Tuesday
The average selling price for crude oil in April was 104.09 dollars per barrel, according to a ministry statement, citing statistics from the State Organization for Marketing of Oil
The Greek-Bulgaria border is where the European Union is redrawing the region's energy map to ease its heavy reliance on Russian natural gas
A persistent gap between output and targets has played its part in subdued core-sector growth
Remarks by American officials this week came amid growing disquiet in the West over India's refusal to directly condemn the Russian-Ukraine conflict and its decision to procure discounted Russian oil
Earlier in March, Imran Khan has admitted that the foreign policy of India is independent and for the betterment of the people
Ahead of Johnson's two-day visit, Downing Street has stressed that the UK would not look to "lecture" India over its neutral stance in the United Nations or its decision to hike Russian oil imports
India has a longstanding relationship with Russia that includes weapons buying, and purchasing of oil adds to the Kremlin's coffers while it tackles financial sanctions
The stock hit over three-year high of Rs 65.45, after rallying 13% on the BSE in Wednesday's trade, on the back of heavy volumes.
The MCX Crude Oil futures may seek support around the 50-DMA at Rs 7,716; while the bias for Natural Gas is likely to remain bullish as long as it sustains above Rs 525.
The Saudi readout of the call said the crown prince affirmed support for efforts that would lead to a political solution to the crisis in Ukraine
Brent crude was up $2.72, or 2.6%, to $107.36 a barrel by 12:52 p.m. (1652 GMT) U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained $2.39, or 2.4%, to $102.99
He said that even the fact that India is able to buy some cheap oil from Russia at the moment, the big picture is still that they are being hurt by the high commodity prices in the market
Vitol's announcement came after an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote to the heads of Vitol and other merchant traders, asking them to terminate business dealings with Russia
The United Nations urged donor nations on Friday to provide $80 million for an emergency operation to remove a million barrels of crude oil from a tanker
Japan will release 15 million barrels of oil from state and private reserves as part of the move, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday
Saudi oil facilities have come under attack by the Houthis during the conflict, adding to supply disruption from Russia
So, India should carefully weigh the short term gains of buying cheap oil from Russia against implications of annoying the western alliances
Sitharaman said that she was entering financial year 2022-23 (FY23) with "cautious optimism" at a time of global commodity price escalation due to the Russia-Ukraine war
JPMorgan said in a note it had kept its price forecasts unchanged at $114 a barrel for the second quarter and $101 a barrel in the second half of this year