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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicCrude oil

Topic: crude oil

Qatar has a new ambition after 2022 soccer World Cup – convincing expats to stay

Qatar is bringing in sweeping labour reforms, imposing a standard minimum wage applicable to employees of all nationalities and professions and making it easier to change jobs.

Refining industry enters ‘age of consolidation’ with ‘catastrophic’ margins

A refinery thrives on the price difference between crude oil and fuels like gasoline, earning a profit that’s known in the industry as a cracking margin.

Expect India’s oil demand to recover from Covid shock by second quarter: Dharmendra Pradhan

Amid lockdown, demand for transportation and industrial fuels plummeted by as much as 70%, but India is confident things will look up faster than projected.

Low oil demand due to Covid-19 will force drillers to go green or go home

If companies don't pivot to renewable sources, they may have trouble getting access to the financing they need to keep the drills running in the future.

Fears of a second Covid wave in China casts large shadow over crude oil market

A renewed outbreak would jeopardise the recovery oil prices have seen in the last 2 months, which was spurred by record output cuts and renewed demand.

Disinvestment in oil PSUs expected to attract global majors who are wary of China

India has opportunity to draw investments & push PSUs like BPCL to investors as some countries seek to counter China’s ‘growing threat to global trade’.

How coronavirus has blown a $400 billion hole in global energy markets

The International Energy Agency’s projection for energy investment in 2020 began at 2% growth, but in the wake of the pandemic, expects to decline by 20%.

Why the world’s smartest oil traders have taken to the seas

Holding oil in ships is more expensive than storing it in onshore tanks, but the eventual unloading of it will have a significant bearing on the oil price.

Delhi govt hikes petrol price by Rs 1.67 per litre, diesel by Rs 7.10

The price hike was followed by Delhi govt's decision to raise VAT on petrol from 27 to 30% and from to 16.75% to 30% on diesel.

India’s oil revenue loss in lockdown seen exceeding Rs 40,000 crore

Fuel consumption probably declined at least 80% in April, which would lead to a revenue loss of as much as Rs 400 billion, said economist Madan Sabnavis.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.