Maharashtra sugar factories produce over 65 cr litres ethanol so far this year, much above target: NFCSF

Private and co-operative sugar factories as well as standalone distillery units in Maharashtra have produced and supplied 65.06 crore litres of ethanol so far this year, as against the target of 59.61 crore litres set till October, the National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) said on Thursday. Talking with PTI, NFCSF President Jayprakash Dandegavkar […]

Keep existing fuel taxes, increase direct support to needy: IMF India’s ex-chief

Maintain the existing taxes on fuel and at the same time increase direct support to low-income households — that’s the advice to the government from the former chief of IMF in India. Alfred Schipke, director, IMF-STI Regional Training Institute and former IMF India Mission chief, who led the 2021 assessment of India’s macroeconomic situation by […]

India MRPL seeks to replace ADNOC oil with Saudi grade in Mangalore strategic petroleum reserve

India’s MRPL NSE 0.29 % plans to fill a part of the Mangalore strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) with Saudi oil, replacing Abu Dhabi’s Upper Zakum grade, as it prepares to lease some space in the facility, a senior official said on Thursday. H.P.S. Ahuja, chief executive of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL), which manages […]

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman sees demand from gas-to-oil switching at up to 600,000 bpd

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said users switching from gas to oil could account for demand of 500,000-600,000 barrels per day (bpd) depending on winter weather and related energy prices. Prince Abdulaziz said that the rise in energy prices now is the result of limited investment in hydrocarbons, low inventories and […]