Companies are required to submit bids on Dec. 6 and contracts will be awarded no later than Dec. 14
India agreed to release 5 mn bbl of crude oil from its SPR at an unspecified time
The government will begin to move barrels into the market in mid- to late-December
This coordinated release of crude oil from strategic reserves will be the first of its kind globally
India is working on ways to release crude oil from its strategic storages in tandem with other major economies to dampen prices, a top government official said
Prices of the Brent and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude benchmarks fell more than $1 in early trading, hitting their lowest since Oct. 1
Japan is considering the unprecedented release of state oil reserves after a request from Washington
Brent crude was down $2.44, or 3%, at $78.80 a barrel by 1110 GMT, its lowest since early October, after earlier rising to as high as $82.24
Brent crude was down 83 cents, or 1%, to $79.87 a barrel by 0749 GMT, after earlier dropping to $79.28, the lowest since Oct. 7
The declines took Brent to its lowest close since October 1 and US crude to its lowest settlement since October 7
US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 61 cents, or 0.8%, to $80.98 a barrel at 0749 GMT, reversing Thursday's 25 cent gain
Brent and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained more than $1 on Monday following Saudi's announcement
In a Q&A, Sushil Chandra Mishra says the company hopes to pay off long-term debt raised for NRL stake buy if crude oil rally sustains
Brent crude futures dropped 46 cents, or 0.6%, to $83.26 a barrel by 0746 GMT
Core sector rose 16.6 per cent in the first half of the current financial year against a contraction of 14.5 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous year
Brent crude dropped 94 cents, or 1.1%, to $83.64 a barrel by 0655 GMT
Private refiners such as Reliance and Nayara Energy command over a third of India's total crude oil refining capacity
India imports roughly 226 MT (1,656.58 million barrels) of crude oil every year. This meets around 84 per cent of India's total crude oil requirement.
Crude inventories at the key storage hub of Cushing slid by 2.32 million barrels to the lowest level since 2018
There's correlation between oil prices and sovereign fund flows, but experts say lot depends on trade balance