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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Topic: Oil

Oil prices drop as second Covid wave slows India’s demand, dims recovery optimism

Sales of petrol in India, world's third biggest importer, were the lowest in April since last August, while average daily diesel sales were the lowest since October 2020.

India’s Covid crisis now makes global oil demand recovery by July impossible

The combined consumption of diesel and gasoline in India this month is poised to plunge by as much as 20% from March, as streets in major cities like Mumbai & New Delhi go quiet.

China to take oil-refining crown held by US since 19th century

Covid crisis hastens seismic shift in global refining industry as demand for plastics and fuels grows in China & rest of Asia while US & Europe grapple with deeper economic crisis.

NGT panel report finds OIL was operating in Baghjan without mandatory clearances

Panel recommends NGT should look at Assam Pollution Control Board for granting consent. OIL says ‘well-killing’ operations will be complete by Diwali.

Oil rises, gold drops as early election results show tight race between Trump and Biden

Market uncertainty may lead to heightened volatility over the next few hours as traders react to headlines and early clues of a possible Donald Trump or Joe Biden victory.

‘He’ll be okay’ — An unsympathetic Trump said about Modi after Iran oil sanctions

In The Room Where It Happened, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton writes about how an ‘inconsistent’ Trump and ‘wobbly’ Pompeo dealt with Iran oil sanctions.

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.

India’s petrol, diesel demand will take months to return to pre-lockdown levels

India’s fuel consumption collapsed by as much as 70% during the lockdown in April. It could take until the end of 2020 to get close to full recovery.

World’s top infra manager is eyeing to buy India’s top PSU oil and gas pipeline assets

Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets believes govt will divest non-core oil and gas assets, like oil storage facilities, pipelines, transmission facilities.

Arabs should welcome a future with less oil wealth

A recent IMF report, which showed that by 2034 declining oil demand can affect the GCC's wealth, has led to predictions of economic and political instability in Arab countries.

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.