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Explained: Why 'atmanirbharta' flows against oil security for India

Instead of relying on negligible domestic deposits, India should be securing steady supplies from abroad

India grabs new oil supply to cut Mideast reliance as Opec+ keeps a check

Indian purchases from the U.S. more than doubled in January on-month, government data show. The country's sophisticated refineries can process almost every kind of crude

India's oil demand set to hit record high as recovery from Covid sets in

A trend for more commuters to use personal cars -- instead of buses, trains and other modes of public transport -- is expected to drive India's demand for gasoline

Covid impact: India's annual fuel demand falls for first time in 21 years

Fuel demand from Asia's second-biggest oil importer collapsed by as much as 70% after it embarked on one of the world's most stringent lockdowns in March

Oil market's reliance on China shows narrowing options

Platts Analytics sees oil prices struggling to go beyond the mid-$40s/bbl mark by the end of calendar year 2020 (CY20) before creeping up to $50/b by end-2021

Lockdown impact: Fuel demand in India plunged to historic lows in April

In its latest report, the International Energy Agency has said India's annual fuel consumption will decline 5.6 per cent in 2020

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India's oil demand growth to overtake China by mid-2020s: Energy Agency

The IEA, however, forecasts India's refining capacity to rise to 5.7 million bpd by 2024

Saudi oil attacks: Logistics cost a concern as India looks to Russia, US

On Tuesday, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan met Russian oil giant Rosneft's Chief Executive Office Igor Sechin and discussed raising crude imports from that country

India to overtake China to become 2nd largest oil demand centre: Report

According to the US EIA, India is currently ranked behind US, China as the world's third-largest oil consumer

Prince Salman tells PM Modi Saudi Arabia can help meet India's energy needs

The two leaders met at Salman's residence in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires on the sidelines of the G-20 summit

Saudi commits to meeting India's oil demand; keen to invest in fuel retail

India, the world's third-biggest oil importer, is facing record high retail prices

India, China to fuel 50% of rise in global oil demand in 5 years, says IEA

According to IEA, demand is expected to grow at an annual rate of 1.2 million barrels per day (mbd) until 2023, as the oil demand would reach 104.7 mbd, up by 6.9 mb day from 2018

Country's oil demand growth weakest since 2013 as economy declines

Cash ban, new sales tax affected oil demand in 2017 and diesel demand grew 3.3% and gasoline use rose 7.1%: Analysts

Oil demand rises most since note ban

Total fuel consumption rose 5.4 % to 17.79 million tonnes in May

Note ban impact: India oil demand in Q1 grew only 0.4% versus China's 2.2%

Indian oil demand, says a report from Platts Analytics, rose a marginal 0.4 per cent during the first quarter (Q1) of 2017, as against 2.2 per cent in China. Demonetisation is given as the key reason. The earlier expectation for 2017 was six to seven per cent growth in Indian demand, versus about two per cent for China."The sudden announcement by the Modi government of thedemonetisation exercise late last year has immobilised Indian oil demand, impacting industrial and consumer sectors, which suffered from the immediate removal of over 80 per cent of the existing currency," the report said. The decline was seen in fuel oil, gas oil and naphtha. Kerosene demand has also dropped with the government move tosubstitute it with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking. Total kerosene sales in the quarter slumped 31 per cent year on year, to an average of 100,000 barrels a day.China's oil demand saw relatively robust growth for the six major products -- LPG, naphtha, jet fuel, gasoline ...

Demonetisation impact: India's oil demand shrinks compared to China in 2017

A report says India's expected oil demand growth was between 6-7% versus China's 2% in 2017

India's fuel demand rose 6.2% in June

Sales of gasoline, or petrol, were 4.4% higher from a year earlier at 1.85 million tonnes