Vedanta Oil & Gas has reaffirmed its goal of increasing production to 500,000 boed while calling for accelerated exploration to unlock India’s estimated hydrocarbon resources and reduce the country’s dependence on imported oil and gas. Marking Global Energy Independence Day, the company said India currently imports nearly 90% of its oil and gas requirements despite an estimated 300 […]
India’s ONGC plans to build up a strategic national reserve of crude totalling 1.75 million tons, or 12.8 million barrels. The company would also ask the government to allow the commercial use of the stockpile, Reuters reported.
India, the world’s third-largest importer of oil and the second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum gas, faced major disruptions due to restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz during the conflict between the US and Iran.
India’s state oil refiners are planning to reduce their reliance on the Middle East following the supply shock of the Iran war, and will lean more heavily on alternative options including through spot-market purchases, according to people familiar with the matter. Processors are seeking to trim the volume they buy from producers in the Middle East under […]
ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas unit of India’s state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), considers reviving operations at its two onshore oil assets in Venezuela as the world’s top crude resource holder is welcoming foreign companies back to its industry.
Oil India has confirmed the presence of natural gas at its third exploratory well off the east coast of the Andaman Islands in India.
India can comfortably withstand a disruption in oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz for about a month and does not expect crude prices to remain elevated for long, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told CNN-News18, citing the country’s fuel inventories, diversified sourcing strategy and expanding energy infrastructure.
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India signaled interest in deeper energy ties with Venezuela, including sourcing crude supplies and investments in the country’s oil sector, after acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
India has officially declined Russia’s offer to sell liquefied natural gas (LNG) from projects currently under U.S. sanctions, following April reports of an LPG-laden tanker en route to western India, according to Indian media reports on Monday.
India has ramped up purchases of Russian oil and revived alternate supplies from Africa, Iran and Venezuela to blunt a sharp crude shortfall from the crisis-ridden Middle East, analysts said