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Current account imbalance hits India harder than EM peers, shows data

India's current account deficit is projected at 3.5 per cent for 2022, says IMF World Economic Outlook report

French mineral firm Imerys plans to ramp up Vizag plant production

Will increase calcium aluminates capacity by 2030 to about 50,000 tonnes from 30,000 tonnes currently in line with India's target of achieving a 300 million tonne crude steel capacity

Oil prices slide as dollar strengthens, China's Covid-19 woes dampen demand

Oil prices fell on Tuesday, extending nearly 2% losses in the previous session, as a stronger U.S. dollar and a flare-up in COVID-19 cases in China increased fears of slowing global demand

Oil prices to top $100 per barrel mark on OPEC+ output cut: Analysts

The OPEC+ on Wednesday announced its decision to cut crude oil output by 2 million barrels per day, the new production cap levels will come into force from November 2022.

Analysts expect fuel prices to go up if global prices rise further

Brent crude oil prices remained near three-week highs of $92.9 per barrel as of late Thursday

Goldman raises oil price forecasts on 'very bullish' OPEC-plus cuts

If latest reduction in output by OPEC+ is sustained through Dec 2023, it would amount to $25 per barrel upside to their Brent forecast, Goldman Sachs said in a note

US looking to ease sanctions on Venezuela to boost oil supply: Report

The deal may be announced by the end of October and will allow US oil companies to drill oil in Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro will hold a free, fair presidential elections in 2024 in return

Indian oil refiners scout for term deals ahead of EU's ban on Russian crude

Indian state refiners plan to lock-in more of their crude supplies in term deals, worried that tighter Western sanctions on Russia, including from the EU

Russia bounces back to become India's second-largest crude supplier in Sep

Russian oil has become the mainstay of Indian refiners in only six months, a position which took decades for West Asian suppliers and the US to achieve

Windfall profit tax cut on domestic crude oil, diesel; scrapped for ATF

The government cut the windfall profit tax on locally-produced crude oil and diesel on Saturday, in line with a fall in international rates, and scrapped the levy on the export of jet fuel with effect from October 2. At the sixth fortnightly review, the government reduced the tax on domestically-produced crude oil to Rs 8,000 per tonne from Rs 10,500 per tonne. The levy on the export of diesel was reduced to Rs 5 per litre from Rs 10 per litre. The tax at the rate of Rs 5 a litre on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) exports was scrapped with effect from October 2, according to a finance ministry notification issued late Saturday night. The reduction in the tax rates follows the easing of crude oil prices in international markets. While private refiners Reliance Industries Limited and Rosneft-based Nayara Energy are the principal exporters of fuels like diesel and ATF, the windfall levy on domestic crude targets producers like state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Vedant

LIC buys over 2% stake in Bharat Petroleum for nearly Rs 1,598 crore

LIC has acquired over a 2 per cent stake in state-owned refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) for nearly Rs 1,598 crore since December last year. The state-owned life insurance behemoth in a regulatory filing on Tuesday said its shareholding in BPCL has increased from 15,25,08,269 to 19,61,15,164 equity shares, increasing its shareholding from 7.03 per cent to 9.04 per cent of the paid-up capital of the company. As per Sebi's regulatory norm, listed companies have to disclose shareholding in excess of 2 per cent. BPCL has a market capitalisation of Rs 67,301 crore, which is in the refining of crude oil and marketing of petroleum products. "There is an increase of more than 2 per cent in the holding during the period from December 28, 2021, to September 26, 2022," LIC said. The shares were purchased in the ordinary course of the transaction through the open market at an average cost of Rs 336.43 per share. Shares of LIC closed 0.28 per cent down at Rs 629.05 apiece on BS

Small oil and gas field operators ask govt for exemption from windfall tax

The central government from July 1, 2022, levied a tax on crude and petroleum products to capture supernormal profits of energy companies amid a sharp rise in global oil prices

BPCL signs pact with Brazil's Petrobras to diversify crude oil sourcing

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Saturday said it has signed an agreement with Brazilian national oil company Petrobras for sourcing crude oil from the Latin American nation as part of plans to diversify its sourcing needs. BPCL imports a large volume of crude oil which is turned into fuel such as petrol and diesel at its three oil refineries at Mumbai, Bina in Madhya Pradesh and Kochi in Kerala. The firm, which gets majority of its supplies from west Asian nations such as Iraq and Saudi Arabia, is looking to diversify its sources of supply in an attempt to cut down reliance on any particular region. Company chairman and managing director Arun Kumar Singh and Petrobras CEO Caio Paes de Andrade signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Brazil, BPCL said in a statement. "The signing of the MoU will strengthen future crude oil trade relations between the two companies and explore potential crude import opportunities by BPCL, on a long term basis, especially .

India set to skip buying Russia's ESPO crude in Sept as freight costs jump

India, which rarely used to buy Russian oil, has emerged as Moscow's second biggest oil customer after China since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in late February

UCO Bank becomes first lender to get RBI's approval for rupee trade

Many banks in India are planning to open such special vostro accounts for settling trade transactions with other nations

Senators urge Biden admin for secondary sanctions on Russian oil purchases

The push comes as the US and Group of Seven nations seek to limit Russian President Vladimir Putin's ability to fund his war in Ukraine

Russia likely to flood Asia with fuel as Europe ramps up sanctions

India and China took a combined 2.7 million barrels a day of Russian crude and products last month, 54% higher than a year earlier

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ONGC wants govt to scrap windfall tax, use dividend to tap into earnings

India's top oil and gas producer ONGC wants the government to scrap windfall profit tax levied on domestically produced crude oil and instead use the dividend route to tap into bumper earnings resulting from surge in global energy prices. The firm also favours a floor price for natural gas at USD 10 per million British thermal unit -- the current government-dictated rate -- to help bring deposits in challenging areas to production, two sources aware of the matter said. State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) management during discussions with government officials stated that levying windfall profit tax on domestic oil producers, while at the same time reaping rich savings from buying discounted oil from Russia was unfair. Buying discounted Russian crude oil, which was shunned by the West since the Ukraine conflict, has helped save Rs 35,000 crore and this savings should be ploughed back by boosting domestic output, they said. ONGC management has told the government the .

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