India’s crude oil production continues to fall, dips 3.2% in July

India’s crude oil production continued its declining trend, falling by over 3 per cent in July as state-owned ONGC produced less than the target.

The country’s crude oil production declined by 3.2 per cent in July to 2.5 million tonnes when compared with the previous year, and by 3.37 per cent in April-July to 9.9 million tonnes, according to data released by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Tuesday.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the nation’s largest oil and gas producer, produced 1.6 million tonnes of crude in July. This was 4.2 per cent lower than last year and 3.8 per cent less than the target of 1.7 million tonnes.