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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicOil refineries

Topic: Oil refineries

Will US waiver on Russian crude help India offset Middle East losses? What market analysts say

Indian refiners had been importing roughly 1 mbpd of Russian crude in the recent months, and the waiver will effectively allow them to lift volumes above this baseline.

Oil refineries in India may be of smaller capacity in future, says Union Minister Hardeep Puri

India aims to raise its annual refining capacity to 9 million barrels per day (bpd), Puri said. Oil refining capacity in the country is currently at about 5.2 million bpd.

Oil refiners defer closures as workers flee or fall sick in India’s second Covid wave

Migrant workers have fled major cities in recent weeks amid fears of a repeat of last year’s national lockdown that left millions displaced and without jobs.

Diesel demand drop forces India to import gasoline as Covid skews output

The slump in diesel demand is forcing refineries to operate below capacity, but gasoline sales are back at pre-virus levels with people resorting to personal vehicles.

As refiners dump fuel, India is running out of space to store petrol, diesel and crude

Refiners in India, the world’s third-biggest oil consumer, have filled 95% of about 85 million barrels of fuel storage capacity.

Deal with Reliance allows Saudi Aramco to hold on to its grip over Indian oil market

Aramco’s plan to buy 20% of Reliance will allow Saudi Arabia to easily reclaim India’s top oil supplier spot from Iraq.

Naphtha sales are down & that’s bad news for global economy

The obscure hydrocarbon naphtha is used to make a vast array of goods and is also integral to churning out gasoline.

Fuel price cut can bring more pain for Indian oil refineries

Analysts say that retail prices of petrol and diesel in India are still Rs 3-4 rupees a litre lower than they should be given global spot prices.

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What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.