May 20, 2022: India is Asia’s largest exporter of petroleum products. It has a total refining capacity of 249.2 million tonnes per annum. Production is far in excess of domestic demand in the case of most of the products except LPG which is being imported. Click Column Special Database for product-wise and Financial Year-wise production and consumption of petroleum products.

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May 19, 2022: Specific Energy Consumption Of PSU Refineries.Click Special Database for details.

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May 18, 2022: Soaring Refining Margins Almost Everywhere. Click Special Database for details.

May 10, 2022 | BPCL Selloff Jinx: Fix The Regulatory Regime First | Reliance Industries Ltd, Essar and Shell rushed in when the government opened up petroleum retailing for the private sector. Two years later, in 2008 to be precise, crude prices surged and the very same government re-imposed subsidy on sale of petrol and diesel and this was restricted only to the outlets of public sector oil marketing companies. The private players had no other option but to shut down their outlets. They reopened their outlets after three or four years but never recovered from the shock. History can repeat itself. No sensible foreign company can be expected to enter India’s petroleum retailing business without an unequivocal assurance that such a situation will not recur. Click Free Access column Petro Intelligence to read a comprehensive piece on the subject.