India will restrict crude oil purchases from Russia as part of an agreement reached with the US in exchange for lower trade tariffs, sources said, adding imports will continue for now by refiners such as Nayara Energy, which have no other alternative source. US President Donald Trump announced overnight that the United States will cut the reciprocal tariff on imports of Indian goods to 18 per cent from 25 per cent under a broader bilateral understanding.
India is set to reduce its direct imports of Russian crude from late November, following new US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, effective November 21.
US sanctions against two of Russia's largest oil companies are expected to impact Reliance Industries' crude imports from Russia, while state-run refiners may continue purchases through intermediary traders for now.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd is estimated to have earned 724 million euros (about Rs 6,850 crore) from exporting fuel made from Russian crude oil to the US in one year, an European think tank said in a report. "From January 2024 to the end of January 2025, the US imported EUR 2.8 billion of refined oil from six refineries in India and Turkey that process Russian crude.
India plans to release about 5 million barrels of crude oil from its emergency stockpile in tandem with the US, Japan and other major economies to cool prices, a top government official said on Tuesday. India stores about 38 million barrels of crude oil in underground caverns at three locations on the east and west coast. Of this, about 5 million barrels will be released, starting as early as 7-10 days, the official, who wished not to be named said.
India's export of fuels like diesel to the European Union jumped 58 per cent in the first three quarters of 2024, with a bulk of them likely coming from refining discounted Russian oil, according to a monthly tracker report. The EU/G7 countries in December 2022 introduced a price cap and an embargo on the imports of Russian crude oil in a bid to cripple Kremlin's revenue and create a vacuum in its funding for the invasion of Ukraine.
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will seek membersÂ’ approval to convert loans of Rs 3650 million into equity shares of Rs 10 each.
Cites legal battle among latter's promoters as reason for staying away from cash-strapped venture.
This is the first payment Indian refiners have made to Iran since February.
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) will double offtake of crude oil from Cairn India's Rajasthan fields to 0.4 million tons this fiscal.
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is considering plans to increase sales of aviation turbine fuel in the domestic market and cut down on exports gradually.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has received the first shipment of Sakhalin-I crude oil from Russia at its subsidiary Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd.
Oil and Natural Gas Corp, India's largest oil producer, plans to set up new refineries at Rajasthan and Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Thursday.\n\n
The first parcel of 90,000 tonnes is expected at Mangalore port around December 2.
The government has allowed Reliance Industries Ltd and Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd to sell kerosene outside the public distribution system, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said on Thursday.
The government on Wednesday allowed Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd, a subsidiary of the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, to set up 500 petrol stations
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on Friday said the Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd would make profits during the current fiscal if the Karnataka government considered its request of correcting anomalies in duties and taxes.
Oil and Natural Gas Corp, India's largest oil producer, has proposed an investment of Rs 7967 crore (Rs 79.67 billion) in setting up a 7.5 million tonnes refinery at the site of recent oil find in Rajasthan.\n\n
State-owned exploration firm Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will begin retailing petrol and diesel from its own petrol stations by the year end, company chairman and managing director Subir Raha said on Thursday.
ONGC is weighing the possibility of merging Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd with itself even as it has laid out capex plans of over Rs 500 crore for the refinery, including product upgrade to meet the Euro III norms.
Essar Oil on Tuesday said it will set up 50 petrol stations before the end of this fiscal.
World's third largest oil firm Royal Dutch/Shell will source petrol and diesel from Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd for its upcoming 2000 petrol stations in the country.
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation plans to invest around Rs 750 crore (Rs 7.50 billion) on upgrading the product quality and debottlenecking in Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd.
State-run Indian Oil Corporation will import 31.41 million tonnes of crude oil this fiscal, 53 per cent of which would be on term contracts.\n\n\n\n
Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said on Thursday that Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will not merge with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation may buyback within five years the 21 per cent equity lenders will have in the loss-making Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd after financial restructuring.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is likely to buy 16.95 per cent stake of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd in Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd for about Rs 550 crore.
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd on Wednesday prepaid Rs 2,380 crore (Rs 23.80 billion) of rupee loans and said it plans to prepay the remaining Rs 257 crore (Rs 2.57 billion) of debt by January 19.
The Industrial Development Bank of India has sold 7.56 crore shares (Rs 10 each) of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd to ONGC Ltd for about Rs 81.5 crore (Rs 815 million).
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will buy 20.9 per cent stake held by banks and financial institutions in its subsidiary Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd for around Rs 370 crore.
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