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Sept 11 (Reuters) - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited BPCL.NS:

• RECEIVES TWO ORDERS FROM COLLECTOR & ADDITIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF STAMPS, GUJARAT

• CO REQUIRED TO CUMULATIVELY PAY 4.6 MILLION RUPEES TO AUTHORITY

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HOUSTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.S. inland domestic grades firmed on Wednesday, dealers said, on worries that renewed military strikes between the U.S. and Iran that could further restrict oil supply and as U.S. stocks fell more than expected.

WTI Midland firmed to its most in more than three months, while WTI at East Houston, also known as MEH, rose to its most in nearly two months.

Four commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz, below the 10-day average of around 13, preliminary Kpler shipping data showed on Wednesday. Two oil tankers hit sea mines and were disabled while attempting to transit the strait, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday in a statement shared by state media.

In the U.S., crude oil inventories fell by 4.5 million barrels last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.1 million-barrel draw.

OPEC+ is also likely to keep its oil output policy unchanged for October at a meeting on Sunday, three sources close to the matter told Reuters, as the producer group completes the unwinding of one layer of production cuts this month and turns its focus to 2027 quota negotiations.

In refining news, Valero Energy Corp's 385,000 barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery was hit by a partial power outage on Tuesday night following the passage of Tropical Storm Edouard, people familiar with plant operations said.

Motiva's 656,400 barrels per day Port Arthur, Texas refinery experienced an unexpected interruption and shutdown of several critical pieces of equipment on September 1, caused by severe weather during Tropical Storm Edouard, according to a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality filing.

• Light Louisiana Sweet for October delivery was largely unchanged at a midpoint of a $5.50 premium and was seen bid and offered between a $5.00 and $6.00 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1

• Mars Sour was unchanged at a midpoint of a $6 premium and was seen bid and offered between a $5.00 and $7 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1

• WTI Midland firmed to a midpoint of a $1.35 premium and was seen bid and offered between a $1.10 and $1.60 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1

• West Texas Sour firmed to a midpoint of a $1.35 premium and was seen bid and offered between a $1.10 and $1.60 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1

• WTI at East Houston, also known as MEH, traded between a $1.60 and $2.00 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1 ​

• ICE Brent November futures LCOc1 rose 98 cents to settle at $95.63 a barrel on Wednesday​.

• WTI October crude CLc1 futures rose 79 cents to settle at $91.01 a barrel on Wednesday​.

• The Brent/WTI spread widened 44 cents to to last trade at minus $7.34, after hitting a high of minus $6.89 and a low of minus $7.62.

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HOUSTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Grades broadly rose on Friday, dealers said, as the domestic oil rig count fell, while refinery demand rose.

U.S. energy firms left the overall rig count unchanged in the latest week, energy services firm Baker Hughes BKR.O said in its closely followed report on Friday but oil rigs fell by five to 447 this week. RIG/U

U.S. oil refiners are expected to have about 8,000 barrels per day of capacity offline for the week ending August 28, increasing available refining capacity by 67,000 bpd, research company IIR Energy said on Friday.

Offline capacity is expected to decrease to 3,000 bpd in the week ending September 4 and further to 230,000 bpd in the subsequent week, IIR added. REF/OUT

• Light Louisiana Sweet for October delivery rose 50 cents to a midpoint of a $3.50 premium and was seen bid and offered between a $3.40 and $3.60 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1 ​

• Mars Sour rose $1 to a midpoint of a $2 premium and was seen bid and offered between a $1.90 and $2.1 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1 ​

• WTI Midland was steady at a midpoint of a 80-cent premium and was seen bid and offered between a 70-cent and 90-cent a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1 ​

• West Texas Sour rose 18 cents to a midpoint of a $1.20 discount and was seen bid and offered between a $1.30 and $1.10 a barrel discount to U.S. crude futures CLc1 ​

• WTI at East Houston , also known as MEH, traded between a $1.05 and $1.25 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1 ​

• ICE Brent October futures LCOc1 fell 39 cents to settle at $89.31 a barrel

• WTI October crude CLc1 futures fell 13 cents to settle at $83.4 a barrel

• The Brent/WTI spread widened 37 cents to last trade at minus $6.54, after hitting a high of minus $6.18 and a low of minus $6.54

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Aug 27 (Reuters) - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited BPCL.NS:

• BPCL EXEC: MEETING 60% OF OIL NEEDS THROUGH SPOT PURCHASES

• BPCL EXEC: HAVE ARRANGED CRUDE FOR SEPT, IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING OIL FOR OCTOBER

• BPCL EXEC: PLAN TO SHUT 6 MTPA CRUDE UNIT, SOME SECONDARY UNITS AT MUMBAI REFINERY FOR MAINTENANCE IN SEPT-OCT

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Aug 18 (Reuters) - India is offering incentives to gas distributors across cities to boost domestic connections of piped cooking gas, the government said on Tuesday, as the U.S.-Iran conflict disrupts fuel shipments and drives up import costs.

Shares of city gas distributors rose after the announcement, with Indraprastha Gas IGAS.NS climbing 3.5%, Mahanagar Gas MGAS.NS gaining 4% and Gujarat Energy GJAA.NS rising 0.5% on Wednesday.

India, the world's second-largest liquefied petroleum gas importer, has been using the cooking gas crisis sparked by the Middle East war to plug gaps in its distribution network and speed up the shift to piped gas in a bid to cut down on LPG imports and spending on subsidies.

• Under the incentive scheme, effective September, city gas distribution companies will get an additional 200 standard cubic metres of cheaper, domestically produced gas for every household they connect to, which starts using and paying for piped natural gas.

• The scheme will incentivise city gas distributors to turn unused pipe connections into active, paying customers, and extend the pipeline network to reach new households, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas said.

• The extra gas, which will lower overall gas-sourcing costs, is also expected to help distributors recoup their investment in new connections in about three years, down from roughly 10 currently, the government said.

• Since the start of the war, suppliers including Indraprastha Gas, Mahanagar Gas, GAIL Gas and Bharat Petroleum Corp BPCL.NS have offered incentives such as reductions in installation charges for piped gas connections.

• India currently has about 17.4 million domestic PNG connections, the government said Tuesday. That compares to about 331.4 million active household LPG customers as of July 1.

• India meets about 60% of its LPG needs through imports. It shipped in about 22 million metric tons of LPG in 2025, mostly from the Middle East, spending nearly $12 billion.

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Aug 18 (Reuters) - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited BPCL.NS:

• BPCL - APPROVES FUND RAISING UP TO 50 BILLION RUPEES VIA NON-CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES

• BPCL - FUND RAISING TO BE DONE IN UP TO 10 TRANCHES

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Aug 14 (Reuters) - India has lowered windfall taxes on exports of petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel with effect from Saturday, according to a government order.

The duty on diesel exports has been cut to 24 Indian rupees ($0.2515) per litre from 25.5 rupees, while petrol duty has been set at zero rupees per litre, down from 3.5 rupees, the government order showed. The tax on aviation turbine fuel has been set at 19.5 rupees per litre from 22 rupees earlier.

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NEW DELHI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Hours after India made public assurances last week that its ethanol-blended petrol was safe, the country's main auto lobby withdrew a complaint about fuel contamination it had sent to the government a week earlier. The group said some figures needed more checks.

But separate communications between industry executives, reviewed by Reuters, showed that in the preceding days, top automakers Maruti Suzuki MRTI.NS, Tata Motors TAMO.NS and Mahindra MAHM.NS discussed their concerns about contamination of petrol blended with 20% ethanol, called E20.

Their data compiled the most comprehensive fuel testing done by the industry since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government started rolling out E20 nationwide from last year to help curb pollution and cut oil imports.

With no other petrol available since April 1, consumer concerns have grown about the impact on vehicle performance.

The carmakers' emails show for the first time how they are privately worried about contaminants in E20, like chloride and moisture, which they say are hurting vehicles, even as they publicly back the government's rollout of the fuel.

The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) withdrew its July 28 letter on fuel contamination after a government and public uproar over the warning, saying "some numbers" need "authentication".

The previously unreported industry data and emails reviewed by Reuters show "multiple" automakers had already conducted extensive tests by collecting over 250 fuel samples from pumps over a year from as many as 21 of India's 36 states and territories. They found high chloride contamination in many of the samples in 18 states, as well as high moisture content.

The executives' emails raised no concern about data authentication.

Asked for comment on the private emails, SIAM told Reuters the data was intended only for internal circulation, discussion and validation, and collected by "very few" automakers.

Maruti, Tata and Mahindra, who were part of the SIAM internal emails seen by Reuters, account for 67% of India's car market.

As "the testing basis and sample size were insufficient to support definitive conclusions, the communication was withdrawn" as it was sent inadvertently, SIAM said, adding it intends to undertake a proper scientific study.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas did not respond to requests for comment. Its minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on Friday that two weeks prior to receiving the letter from SIAM, India's oil marketing companies had begun "rigorous testing" of fuel at retail outlets to check for contamination.

Only four cases of contamination were found, he said. State-run fuel retailers also said last week that extensive random and scientific tests showed "no cause for any alarm on account of fuel contamination".

Mahindra said conclusions drawn from its executive's emails "are completely baseless and incorrect", industry data is limited and preliminary, and it does not see issues with E20. Maruti and Tata did not respond to requests for comment.

AUTO INDUSTRY MET GOVERNMENT TO FLAG CHLORIDE CONCERNS

E20 has angered motorists, with hundreds alleging it has reduced mileage and increased wear and tear on their cars, and triggered at least one court challenge.

SIAM had earlier said high levels of chloride are corrosive for auto parts, while high moisture levels in fuel can immobilise a vehicle immediately after fuelling.

In the group emails exchanged among Maruti, Tata, Mahindra and SIAM, Maruti's senior executive Anoop Bhat raised concerns on the high chloride findings saying this had been privately discussed with the petroleum ministry on July 26.

The tabulated state-wide findings shared by the industry on group emails showed they recorded chloride levels of 6 to 570 parts per million (ppm) in Rajasthan state, 1.4 to 420 ppm in the capital New Delhi and 10 to 357 ppm in Maharashtra.

The Indian government says the permissible limit is 3 ppm.

The data tables also showed moisture levels reaching 13,000 ppm in Andhra Pradesh and 12,500 ppm in Uttar Pradesh, versus a permissible government benchmark of 3,000 ppm.

While the reason for contamination is not known, SIAM said in its now withdrawn letter it had seen an increase in chloride levels since the rollout of E20 and has requested the government to direct oil marketing companies to find the root cause.

For moisture, the SIAM letter noted, the cause could be inadequate "maintenance of the underground storage tanks and pipelines at retail outlets".

Maruti's Bhat wrote in his July 26 email that 1 ppm of chloride was the maximum that current fuel injectors, which transport fuel to the engine, "can tolerate".

"Lesser than 1 ppm in E20 is also in line with international standards. Same is in line with discussion held with" the petroleum ministry, Bhat wrote.

Mahindra's senior principal engineer of fluids technology, R. Ramaprabhu, said in emails that organic chloride is the contaminant responsible for the very rapid vehicle failures the industry is seeing and can spoil engines "within 200 km".

"Majority cases reported immediately after fuelling ... is due to organic chloride," he wrote, adding that Mahindra has "strong evidences" of fuel sample data from retail outlets.

Mahindra's Ramaprabhu and Maruti's Bhat did not respond to Reuters' queries.

(Reporting by Aditi Shah and Aditya Kalra in New Delhi; Editing by Sonali Paul)

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Aug 10 (Reuters) - Kotyark Industries Ltd KOTY.NS:

• KOTYARK INDUSTRIES - RECEIVES CONTRACT FOR SUPPLY OF BIODIESEL FROM JUNE TO AUGUST 2026

• KOTYARK INDUSTRIES - RECEIVED TOTAL ALLOCATION OF 1.73 BILLION RUPEES, AGAINST CONTRACT VALUE OF 13.98 BILLION RUPEES

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Aug 7 (Reuters) - India's state-run fuel retailers said on Friday that nationwide testing of E20 petrol found no evidence to support claims of high chloride contamination or moisture and that fuel quality remained within prescribed limits, according to a joint statement.

More than 100 petrol samples from refineries showed chloride levels at or below one part per million (ppm), while ethanol samples from 80 distilleries recorded chloride content below 3 ppm, HPCL HPCL.NS, BPCL BPCL.NS and Indian Oil IOC.NS said.

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• The clarification comes amid concerns about India's nationwide roll out of E20 petrol, which contains 20% ethanol, a plant-derived alcohol mixed into petrol to reduce dependence on imported crude oil.

• More than 80 E20 samples collected from depots and terminals nationwide also showed chloride levels below 3 ppm, the statement said.

• The oil marketing companies said inspections of underground storage tanks at about 90,000 fuel stations found no water ingress, and urged consumers to continue using E20 petrol with confidence.

• The transition has drawn criticism from some consumers, who say the higher ethanol blend affects fuel efficiency and vehicle performance, particularly in older vehicles not designed for the fuel type.

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SINGAPORE, July 23 (Reuters) - Some Chinese refiners have ramped up purchases of sanctioned Russian crude despite shrinking discounts, as an escalation in the Iran war disrupts exports from the Middle East, sources familiar with the situation said.

Chinese independent refiners made rare purchases of non-sanctioned Middle East crude at wide discounts when exports gushed out during the short-lived truce between the U.S. and Iran.

A resumption of attacks and shipping blockades in the Strait of Hormuz is again throttling oil shipments through the crucial waterway, and Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis are also threatening to block Saudi oil exports from the Red Sea.

Faced with disruptions, Chinese refiners recently snapped up crude from their biggest supplier Russia and resumed talks to buy Iranian oil, traders said.

Two major Chinese refiners bought most of the Russian ESPO Blend crude loading from the Pacific port of Kozmino in September, three trade sources said.

Two of them said the cargoes were sold at a discount of $1 to $3 per barrel to ICE Brent, compared with a discount of around $4 per barrel for August-loading ESPO. Robust demand from India, another major Russian oil buyer, has supported prices.

An executive at India's Bharat Petroleum Corp BPCL.NS said on Thursday that the refiner has raised Russian oil processing in the June quarter and added that traders are not offering discounts on Russian crude sales.

"Given the uncertainty in the Middle East, ESPO is a safer bet, and it is also cheaper," said one of the sources who is a trader with a Chinese refiner.

SHANDONG TEAPOTS IN TALKS FOR FRESH IRANIAN OIL CARGOES

Independent refiners, also known as teapots, in eastern China's Shandong refining hub are discussing deals with Iranian oil sellers, the sources said.

This week, Iranian Pars crude, a heavy grade, was sold at a discount of about $8 a barrel to ICE Brent for delivery to Shandong, widening from an earlier offer of about $6, one of the traders said. Offers for Iran Light have also slipped to discounts of about $3 to $4 a barrel compared with about $3 last week.

Teapots are not in a rush to buy crude as their refining margins have worsened with Brent LCOc1 surging to nearly $100 a barrel, the sources said.

The independent refiners had previously bought around 20 million barrels of Middle Eastern crude for loading in July to August, with some of them looking to resell the oil this week for profits, traders said.

The cargoes had been offered to end-users in neighbouring countries including Taiwan and South Korea at premiums of $6 to $9 per barrel to Dubai benchmark on delivered basis, two traders said. It was not immediately clear if any deals were concluded.

(Reporting by Siyi Liu in Singapore; Additional reporting by Florence Tan and Trixie Yap; Editing by Joe Bavier)

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By Nidhi Verma

NEW DELHI, July 23 (Reuters) - Traders have stopped offering discounts on Russian crude sold to India as disruptions to Middle Eastern supplies have boosted demand for alternative grades, the head of finance at Indian state refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp BPCL.NS said on Thursday.

Refiners in India, the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer, have raised purchases of Russian oil as supplies from traditional producers in the Middle East have been disrupted.

BPCL has secured crude supplies for August and is scouting for cargoes for September delivery, Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta told analysts after the company's quarterly earnings.

He said the company is receiving offers from traders on Russian oil cargoes for September delivery.

"But definitely because of recent development in crude markets, now no one is offering any discount for Russian crude," he added.

Discounts for Russian Urals crude recently widened to more than $10 a barrel below dated Brent in Indian ports.

"Although markets witnessed a brief period of stability during June, the latest geopolitical development has reminded us how quickly it can reshape the operating landscape," Gupta said, adding that suppliers may not be in a position to supply some cargoes through Red Sea routes.

The disappearance of discounts follows a jump in global oil prices after Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and renewed disruptions to flows through the Strait of Hormuz after an escalation in hostilities between the U.S. and Iran, raising costs for refiners reliant on imported crude.

Higher crude costs are likely to squeeze profitability of Indian state refiners, which sell fuels at subsidised rates in their domestic market.

BPCL and Hindustan Petroleum Corp both reported quarterly net losses on Wednesday.

BPCL, which processes more than 800,000 barrels per day of crude, met 69% of its oil needs through spot purchases in the June quarter, Gupta said.

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July 22 (Reuters) - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd BPCL.NS:

• BHARAT PETROLEUM CORP Q1 NET LOSS 39.62 BILLION RUPEES

• BPCL Q1 REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 1.59 TRLN RUPEES

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July 15 (Reuters) - India's Swiggy SWIG.NS and Hindustan Petroleum Corp HPCL.NS said on Wednesday they will partner for doorstep deliveries of cooking gas cylinders in India, marking the country's first such delivery service through a quick-commerce app.

The launch, coming a few months after reports of severe cooking gas supply concerns during the Iran conflict, will initially offer doorstep delivery of smaller cylinders sized 5 kilograms and 10 kilograms, as opposed to the standard ones sized 14.2 kilograms, the companies said.

Customers will not need an existing HP Gas connection to buy the cylinders, the companies said, adding that the service will initially pilot in Bengaluru before expanding to other cities.

They did not disclose pricing.

India is the world's second-largest LPG consumer, with cooking gas supplied mainly by state-run retailers Indian Oil IOC.NS , Bharat Petroleum BPCL.NS and Hindustan Petroleum.

The tie-up with HPCL adds LPG cylinders to a growing catalogue at Swiggy's Instamart, which already includes everything from fresh produce and snacks to electronics and household items.

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By Mohi Narayan

NEW DELHI, July 13 (Reuters) - Spot premiums for Indian naphtha exports have rebounded to levels last seen in late March, as tight supplies from the Middle East and Russia and renewed concerns over U.S.-Iran tensions boosted demand from Far East buyers.

Indian state refiners Bharat Petroleum Corp BPCL.NS and Hindustan Petroleum Corp HPCL.NS sold about 63,000-65,000 tons (567,000- 585,000 barrels) of naphtha, used as a feedstock for making petrochemicals like plastics and pharmaceuticals, through tenders last week at premiums similar to late-March highs, multiple trade sources said on Monday.

BPCL sold 36,000-37,000 tons of naphtha at a premium of about $100 per ton to Middle East quotes on a free-on-board (FOB) basis for loading during July 30 and 31, two trade sources said.

HPCL sold about 27,000-28,000 tons of the light distillate at a premium of about $68 per ton to Middle East quotes on an FOB basis for loading during July 25 to 27, two separate sources said.

Premiums have jumped from just above $40 a ton the previous week.

Tight supplies from the Middle East and Russia have boosted demand for Indian naphtha from buyers in the Far East, a Mumbai-based trader said.

Oil companies typically do not comment on trades.

(Reporting by Mohi Narayan; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair)

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• HEC INFRA PROJECTS LTD - GETS WORK ORDER WORTH 480 MILLION RUPEES FROM BPCL

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June 29 (Reuters) - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd BPCL.NS:

• BPCL - SIGNS AGREEMENT TO BUY 40% STAKE IN TIKI TAR AND SHELL INDIA PRIVATE

• BPCL - TO BUY 40% STAKE FOR 850 MILLION RUPEES

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By Nidhi Verma

NEW DELHI, June 18 (Reuters) - Indian state fuel retailers' borrowings are hitting limits as they incur losses from selling gasoline, gasoil, and liquefied petroleum gas at below market rates, India's oil secretary Neeraj Mittal said on Thursday.

• State-fuel retailers' revenue losses in the first quarter of this year have risen to 1 trillion rupees ($10.60 billion), Mittal said at an industry event.

• Borrowing by Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS, Bharat Petroleum Corp BPCL.NS and Hindustan Petroleum Corp HPCL.NS has risen as the companies absorb those losses, he said.

• While many countries have raised retail prices of gasoline and gasoil by about 40%-50% after the Iran war drove up crude prices, India has raised prices of the two fuels by less than 10%.

  
  

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NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has sold at least 30 million barrels of spot crude to Asian refiners and trading firms so far this month and offered more this week, trade sources said, boosting exports during the U.S.-Iran ceasefire.

The United Arab Emirates producer sold cargoes of Das, Upper Zakum and Umm Lulu crude to refiners in India, China, South Korea and Japan as well as to global trading houses. Some were priced at flat to slight premiums to Dubai benchmarks for loading between June and August, the sources said.

The three crude grades are produced from fields inside the Gulf and must be shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

The sales were conducted over the past two weeks, ahead of the signing of a preliminary agreement between the U.S. and Iran to end their conflict.

ASIAN BUYERS

Indian state refiners Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS and Bharat Petroleum Corp BPCL.NS have bought a combined 6 million barrels of Abu Dhabi oil so far this month, the sources said.

The cargoes were sold at parity or premiums of $1–$2 a barrel to Dubai prices on a cost-and-delivered basis via ship transfers at Fujairah, they added.

ADNOC's sales also included 3 million barrels of Das crude to Japan's largest refiner Eneos and 1 million barrels to South Korea's GS Energy.

For Upper Zakum, China's Unipec, the trading arm of state giant Sinopec, bought 6 million to 8 million barrels, while Vitol took 4 million barrels and Rongsheng Petrochemical 2 million barrels, the sources said.

South Korea's largest refiner SK Energy bought 7 million barrels of Umm Lulu crude, they added. Some cargoes were sold at premiums, two of the traders said. The companies typically do not comment on commercial sales.

ADNOC offered the cargoes on a free-on-board basis from storage at Fujairah, or from terminals at Zirku or Das Island, as well as via ship-to-ship transfers off the UAE, Oman or Malaysia. Buyers also had the option of cost-and-freight delivery.

ADNOC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Since the Iran war began, ADNOC has exported crude and products by switching off transponders to reduce the risk of Iranian attacks, with cargoes either transferred ship-to-ship or sailing directly to buyers.

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma in New Delhi, Siyi Liu and Florence Tan in Singapore. Editing by Mark Potter)

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June 5 (Reuters) -

• INDIA INDUSTRY SOURCE: STATE FUEL RETAILERS REVENUE LOSS ON GASOLINE SALES 9 RUPEES/LITRE, DIESEL 36.5 RUPEES/LITRE

• INDIA INDUSTRY SOURCE: STATE FUEL RETAILERS REVENUE LOSS ON LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS SALES AROUND 700 RUPEES/14.2 KG CYLINDER

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June 4 (Reuters) - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd BPCL.NS:

• INDIA BPCL SAYS MAY GASOLINE SALES UP 4.29% Y/Y, DIESEL UP 6.72%

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By Nidhi Verma and Mohi Narayan

NEW DELHI, June 3 (Reuters) - India is expected to see less growth in gasoline and diesel demand this year after a series of price hikes last month that reflect higher oil costs triggered by the Iran war, with early signs of stress already visible in the trucking sector.

State retailers Indian Oil IOC.NS, Bharat Petroleum BPCL.NS and Hindustan Petroleum HPCL.NS implemented four rounds of price hikes since mid-May after holding off earlier due to elections. Gasoline prices are now 7.8% higher while those for diesel are up 8.6%.

Analysts say there could be more price increases that are likely to dampen demand further, given that the retailers are still selling the fuels below market rates and are losing a combined 5.5 billion rupees ($57 million) daily.

Slowing growth in fuel sales for India, the world's third-largest importer and consumer, is set to dampen the outlook for global demand now that transportation fuel consumption in China has peaked.

"We expect India's gasoline demand growth to drop to around 3.5-3.7% in 2026 amid reduced discretionary driving," said Dylan Sim, an analyst at FGE NexantECA.

That compares with an earlier estimate of 4% growth. The consultancy has also cut its forecast for growth in diesel demand to 2% from 2.5%.

Moody's Indian rating arm ICRA has revised down its forecast for gasoline demand growth for this financial year to 3% to 4%, compared with 5% to 6% before the war. For diesel, it expects demand to stay flat or shrink versus an earlier projection of 2% to 3% growth.

Prashant Vashisth, senior vice president at ICRA, said that the diesel and gasoline price hikes could exacerbate inflation which could hurt end-user demand.

Increases in logistics and shipping costs, also stemming from the Middle East conflict, could lead to "weak industry growth which would negatively impact diesel demand," he added.

TRUCKERS AFFECTED BY LESS INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY

Global oil prices LCOc1 have surged 40% to trade near $100 a barrel since the war restricted shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which used to see a fifth of the world's oil supplies pass through before the conflict.

Signs of lower diesel demand due to slower industrial activity have emerged in the trucking sector.

Freight prices have fallen between 13% and 15% on three-quarters of key long-haul routes despite the increase in retail fuel prices, said SP Singh, senior fellow at the Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training.

Singh noted that drivers are having to wait longer periods before making return trips.

"Truckers are not getting return tonnages. There is a delay of 3-5 days because manufacturing has slowed, that is hitting their revenue as their round trips per month have been reduced," he said.

Preliminary data showed that Indian retailers' gasoline sales in May rose 2.8% from a year earlier while gasoil sales edged up 0.9%. That compares with April figures of a 6.8% climb for gasoline and a 0.8% increase for gasoil.

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By Nidhi Verma and Ananya Palyekar

May 25 (Reuters) - India's state-owned fuel retailers increased diesel prices by 2.71 rupees ($0.0283) per litre and petrol by 2.61 rupees, dealers said on Monday, the fourth hike in May to recoup some losses driven by higher crude costs due to the Iran war.

Indian state fuel retailers, which control 90% of the market, began raising pump prices from May 15 after elections were over in some key states.

Since then the state companies - Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS, Bharat Petroleum Corp BPCL.NS and Hindustan Petroleum Corp HPCL.NS - have raised the prices of diesel by about 8.6% and petrol by about 7.8%.

A litre of petrol in New Delhi will now cost 102.12 rupees ($1.07), while diesel will be priced at 95.20 rupees ($0.9949) per litre.

Rising crude prices and supply disruptions after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have hit India, the world’s third-largest oil importer and consumer.

New Delhi has also introduced austerity measures to curb fuel consumption and contain its oil import bill as policymakers brace for a prolonged energy shock.

Prices vary across states due to local taxes.

State retailers' losses on fuel sales have also risen as some bulk customers are turning to cheaper retail pumps, causing shortages in some areas.

IOC in a statement on Saturday said its retail sales of diesel for May 1-22 had risen by 18% from a year earlier, and petrol sales were up by 14%.

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(Reporting by Nidhi Verma in New Delhi and Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Sonali Paul)

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May 23 (Reuters) - Indian state-owned fuel retailers raised petrol and diesel prices for the third time this month, dealers said on Saturday, as the companies look to recoup losses caused by elevated crude oil prices amid the Iran war.

Petrol in New Delhi will cost 0.87 rupees (just under 1 U.S. cent) more at 99.51 rupees a litre, while diesel prices will be raised 0.91 rupees to 92.49 rupees per litre, dealers said.

India, the world's third-largest importer and consumer of oil, was one of the last major economies to raise retail fuel prices after the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran triggered a surge in prices globally.

The price of fuel has become roughly 5 rupees more expensive over the three price increases. The fuel price rise announced on May 15 was India's first in four years.

The companies are raising pump prices in a staggered manner, similar to the way they did in April 2022, when they increased retail prices after elections in some key states, including northern Uttar Pradesh.

Opposition parties have said the government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had postponed the current price increases to try to win votes in recent state elections.

Still, sources at refiners have said more price increases are needed to recoup the losses.

Bharat Petroleum BPCL.NS (BPCL) continues to incur a revenue loss of 25 to 30 rupees per litre on diesel and 10 to 14 rupees per litre on petrol despite the higher prices, the refiner's chairman said earlier this week.

India's oil ministry has said the government has no plans to provide financial support for refiners.

BPCL, Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS and Hindustan Petroleum HPCL.NS together control more than 90% of a network of 103,000 fuel stations and tend to set prices in tandem.

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(Reporting by Nidhi Verma in New Delhi and Chris Thomas in Mexico City; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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NEW DELHI, May 21 (Reuters) - Industrial customers in India are increasingly buying diesel from cheaper retail outlets of state-run companies rather than the usual bulk supply points, causing shortages at the pumps in some areas, a government official said.

Diesel sales at pumps in some regions have jumped 20% to 30% as prices for industrial buyers climb to 40 to 42 rupees a litre higher than retail pump prices, said Sujata Sharma, a joint secretary in the federal oil ministry on Thursday.

The retail price of a litre of diesel is 91.58 rupees in New Delhi.

The spike in demand is adding to losses for state-run Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS, Bharat Petroleum Corp BPCL.NS and Hindustan Petroleum Corp HPCL.NS, which are already selling diesel at below market prices for retail customers.

"Bulk customers should take from bulk supply points and retail buyers should go to the petrol pumps," Sharma said.

State fuel retailers are monitoring sales at outlets facing shortages and are seeking support from local authorities and police to curb purchases by bulk consumers, she said.

Preliminary fuel sales data show Indian state retailers' diesel sales from May 1 to 15 surged nearly 11.5% to about 3.8 million metric tons from a year earlier, while gasoline sales rose nearly 19% to 1.8 million tons.

Indian state retailers' diesel sales are also driven by higher prices charged by private fuel retailers and rising consumption from farmers using diesel-powered generators for irrigation during the harvesting season, she said.

BPCL on Thursday said its gasoline sales surged by 16.38% to 1 million kilolitres between May 1 and 20 from a year earlier, while gasoil rose by 16.7% to about 1.7 million kilolitres.

The company said it is focusing on maintaining seamless supplies across smaller cities and remote markets, "where localised demand spikes and precautionary buying tendencies have been observed in recent days".

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NEW DELHI, May 19 (Reuters) - India's state-run refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp. BPCL.NS is recalibrating its crude import strategy almost daily and ramping up spot purchases after the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran disrupted Middle East supplies, Chairman Sanjay Khanna said on Tuesday.

India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, has been hit by rising crude prices and supply disruptions following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The South Asian nation has raised the retail prices of petrol and diesel twice in a week.

BPCL had planned to source about 55% of its crude requirement for 2026/27 through annual contracts, mainly from Middle Eastern producers, and the rest through spot markets.

But force majeure declarations by some Gulf suppliers have pushed BPCL to increase spot buying to keep refineries running at 115% capacity, Khanna said.

"Definitely, our spot volume has gone up considerably in recent times because of all the uncertainty."

BPCL operates three refineries in India with a capacity to process 706,000 barrels per day of oil.

The state-run refiner meets 40%-45% of its crude needs with Russian oil bought largely in the spot market after Washington granted sanctions waivers, Khanna said, although discounts have narrowed sharply.

Premiums on Russian crude have fallen to $5 to $6 per barrel to dated Brent on a delivered basis from $10 to $12 earlier, finance director Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta said.

Despite recent fuel price hikes, BPCL continues to incur a revenue loss of 25 to 30 rupees (26 to 31 U.S. cents) per litre on diesel and 10 to 14 rupees per litre on petrol, Gupta said.

BPCL expects spot purchases to ease if Saudi Arabian contracted supplies improve after the restoration of the Kingdom's east-west pipeline capacity.

Saudi Arabia is currently giving only "a small commitment” for supplies through the pipeline, Gupta said.

BPCL is also evaluating annual supply deals with new producers for next year if they offer flexible delivery terms and competitive pricing, although the company prefers sourcing from nearby regions over distant suppliers such as Venezuela and Canada.

The refiner also has an optional annual crude purchase arrangement with Brazil.

Earlier on Tuesday, BPCL reported a 42.6% rise in fourth-quarter profit before exceptional items and tax to 86.07 billion rupees ($892 million), helped by steady fuel demand.

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May 19 (Reuters) - India's Bharat Petroleum Corp BPCL.NS reported a rise in fourth-quarter profit before exceptional items and tax on Tuesday, helped by steady fuel demand.

• The state-run refiner's standalone profit before exceptional items and tax rose 42.6% to 86.07 billion rupees ($891.6 million) for the quarter ended March 31.

• The company's net profit was nearly flat at 31.91 billion rupees, which included a one-time impairment charge of 43.49 billion rupees related to an investment in a subsidiary.

• India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, witnessed improved fuel demand, with fuel consumption rising 2.9%, 5.8% and 3.2% year-on-year in January, February and March.

• Analysts had expected oil marketing companies, such as Hindustan Petroleum Corp HPCL.NS and BPCL, to report a jump in fourth-quarter refining margins led by higher product cracks, and inventory gains.

• However, BPCL, India's third-largest oil refiner by capacity, did not disclose its average gross refining margin for the fourth-quarter or for fiscal 2026.

• If crude oil prices rise after refiners buy stock cheaply, the value of their inventory increases.

• Global Brent crude oil prices LCOc1 rose about 94% during the January-March period on supply concerns due to the US-Iran military conflict which started in late February.

• Revenue from operations rose 6.3% to 1.35 trillion rupees.

• Its total expenses jumped 4.7% to 1.27 trillion rupees due to a 12.5% rise in purchase of stock-in-trade, which refers to the cost of petroleum products purchased for resale.

• Last week, peer HPCL reported higher quarterly profit on strong refining margins and steady fuel demand.

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May 15 (Reuters) - Indian state fuel retailers have raised petrol and diesel prices for the first time in four years by 3 rupees ($0.0313) per liter, according to retailers in Delhi, as they aim to recoup some of the losses incurred due to higher global oil prices.

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(Reporting by Nidhi Verma and Chandini Monnappa; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) - India will at some stage need to assess how long state-run fuel retailers can sustain losses from selling transport fuels below market prices, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said at an industry event on Tuesday.

Petrol and diesel spot prices have surged to multi-year highs globally as the Middle East conflict disrupted supply, but governments in several major economies have held down pump prices to shield consumers from inflation.

A joint secretary in the oil ministry, Sujata Sharma, had earlier said that India had no plans to ​compensate oil marketing companies for these losses.

Fuel retailers are incurring losses of about 100 rupees ($1.06) per litre on diesel and 20 rupees per litre on petrol, Sharma said last month.

India is the world's third-largest oil importer and ​consumer, meeting more than 90% of its crude oil needs and about half of ⁠its natural gas demand through imports.

Indian state fuel retailers, including Indian Oil Corporation IOC.NS, Hindustan Petroleum HPCL.NS and Bharat Petroleum BPCL.NS, which account for most of the fuel sales in the country, have not raised gasoline and diesel ​prices since April 2022.

A senior government official separately told Reuters that compensating oil marketing companies while keeping fuel prices unchanged is not fiscally sustainable.

Another official said any price increase would be substantial enough to discourage spending on petrol and diesel, but not so large as to sharply stoke inflation.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

Oil minister Puri also said India has crude and liquefied natural gas sufficient for 60 days, and liquefied petroleum gas for 45 days.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged on Sunday a spate of measures including fuel conservation, work-from-home practices and limits on travel and imports to ease pressure on the country's foreign exchange reserves.

The country's balance of payments is expected to worsen sharply during the current 2026-27 fiscal year, with the deficit projected at about $66 billion to $70 billion, up from an estimated $26 billion to $28 billion in 2025-26.

(Reporting by Neha Arora; Writing by Mohi Narayan; Editing by YP Rajesh and Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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NEW DELHI, May 4 (Reuters) - India has no plans to compensate state-run fuel retailers for losses from selling transport fuels below market prices, a senior petroleum ministry official said on Monday, even as companies raised prices for some industrial and bulk customers.

Indian state fuel retailers have raised prices of liquefied petroleum gas for industrial customers and jet fuel sold to foreign carriers, but there has been no increase in retail prices of gasoline, gasoil, LPG or jet fuel for Indian carriers.

Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS, Hindustan Petroleum Corp HPCL.NS and Bharat Petroleum Corp BPCL.NS have also raised diesel prices for bulk buyers.

Sharma said bulk customers account for about 10% of overall diesel sales.

The government's efforts are focused on protecting the retail customers, she added.

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma, Editing by Louise Heavens)

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