Major energy infrastructure is in the crosshairs of the conflict, raising risks of the biggest shock since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Qatar’s largest LNG plant remains shut, fuelling supply fears.
The 2 main risks facing the Indian economy in the short term are energy prices & availability and high fertiliser prices, the Finance Minister said at The Brookings Institution in the US Tuesday.
India’s domestic gas production is already tiny & it has shrunk by 40% over past nine years. Keeping that base narrow with unsustainable pricing wasn’t a financially prudent move.
The global benchmark’s prompt timespread was 42 cents in backwardation compared with as high as $4.64 in early March just after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In a televised speech Monday, Russia’s Deputy PM Alexander Novak said Moscow has the right to take actions that 'mirror' the penalties imposed on the country's economy.
Surging natural gas prices means it will be costlier to power factories or produce petrochemicals, rattling every corner of the global economy and fuelling inflation fears.
Nearly 50% of India’s crude imports are exposed to the chokepoint. So far this year, India has imported an average of 2.6 million barrels per day (mbpd) from Gulf countries.
Two Indian naval ships involved in the search and rescue operations in connection with IRIS Dena, which was operating 20 NM West of Galle in SAR region under Sri Lankan responsibility.
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.
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