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India’s imports of Russian crude oil have declined 20 per cent month-on-month in April to 1.57 million barrels per day, easing from the sharp surge recorded in March. The spike in March had been driven by the availability of floating cargoes during the Iran conflict.

Bangladesh is exploring a proposal to refine Russian crude oil in India before importing the finished fuel, aiming to ease supply pressures from the West Asia conflict. The Energy and Mineral Resources Division has requested approval to discuss a government-to-government agreement with India, as its local refinery cannot process Russian crude.

In a remarkable advancement for India's energy landscape, Assam has propelled Oil India Limited (OIL) to achieve its peak daily oil and gas production. This exceptional rise, a result of ambitious drilling initiatives and improved operational tactics, marks the highest crude oil output seen in a decade.

Global crude markets are strained as Middle East conflict escalates, pushing oil prices up and impacting fuel supplies worldwide. Countries like India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Bangladesh are implementing measures such as price adjustments, import increases, and conservation efforts to manage the crisis.

Local Refineries Asked To Step Up Production: Assam Chief Secy

South Asia faces starkly different fuel price realities amid Middle East conflict. India maintains stable petrol prices, leveraging strategic reserves and Russian crude. Pakistan, however, has seen a steep hike, passing global cost surges to consumers. Bangladesh grapples with supply disruptions and rationing, seeking alternative sources like India for diesel.

Hardeep Puri, minister for petroleum and natural gas, announced the expansion of Assam's numaligarh refinery from 3 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA, with completion expected by 2024. A 1,640 km pipeline from Paradip Port to Numaligarh is also under construction for transporting imported crude. The project, costing Rs 28,026 crore, was environmentally cleared in July 2020.

Welcoming the Interim Budget 2019 -2020, numaligarh refinery Limited (NRL) director S K Barua said the increase of 21% in the allocation to the tune of Rs 58166 crores would help in ensuring speedy development of infrastructure in the northeast, including Sikkim.

numaligarh refinery Ltd (NRL) became the first PSU refinery in the country to adopt the latest global technology by implementing a system in retrofit mode.

A major fire today broke out at numaligarh refinery Limited in Assam's Golaghat district, officials said.

US ambassador to India Peter A Burleigh, along with his entourage, visited numaligarh refinery (NRL) on Tuesday as part of his trip for exploring investment opportunities in the northeast.

CM Pema Khandu assured Assam-based public sector numaligarh refinery Limited (NRL) on Saturday of supplying bamboo for bio-fuel, extending a 2015 pact to supply 300,000 tons of bamboo annually.

The numaligarh refinery Limited has contributed Rs 20 lakh to the chief minister's relief fund to help the victims of the devastating floods that has gripped the state this year.

numaligarh refinery Limited (NRL) on Tuesday paid Rs 9.08 crore as dividend for the financial year 2011-12 to the state government for its equity holding of 12.35 per cent in the company.

The numaligarh refinery Limited (NRL) observed Vigilance Awareness Week, 2012 from October 29 to November 3 with directives from the Central Vigilance Commission.

Buoyed by its impressive performance in the last financial year, numaligarh refinery Limited (NRL) has planned to invest more than Rs 35,000 crore in the next five years for executing four major ongoing projects.

At least five schoolchildren in Golaghat district were injured in an earthquake of moderate intensity that jolted Assam on Wednesday at around 9.46am.

The numaligarh refinery Limited (NRL) is entering into dollar denominated financing for the first time.

Railway personnel averted a major tragedy on Thursday by dousing flames which engulfed the engine of a tanker train in Assam's Golaghat district. The train was going to Vosvos (BGP) in West Bengal from the numaligarh refinery carrying diesel.

Guwahati, Sep 4 () numaligarh refinery Limited (NRL) today began exporting High Speed Diesel (Gas Oil) to Myanmar, thereby taking forward the Centre's Act East policy, a company statement said.

Assam will have two high-performance sports training and rehabilitation centres in Guwahati and Jorhat soon as the state government on Thursday inked memorandums of understanding with Olympic gold medallist and ace shooter Abhinav Bindra’s Abhinav Futuristics Private Limited, Oil India Limited and numaligarh refinery Limited.

A major fire broke out at numaligarh refinery in Golaghat district on Saturday, evening.Though the reason of the blaze is yet to be ascertained, the Paresh Baruah faction claimed responsibility.

India maintains its diesel exports to Bangladesh via the numaligarh refinery pipeline despite political unrest in the neighboring country. While the pipeline operates without disruption, other Indian firms like Adani Group face issues with unpaid electricity dues. Oil India Ltd also struggles to repatriate dividends from Russian ventures due to Western sanctions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always prioritised the energy sector of the North East, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said here on Monday. The prime minister's priority is to put the region in the high growth trajectory and as such he is putting great emphasis on the energy sector, Puri said while participating at the run-up to the India Energy Week event here tonight.

Setting his sights on the impending assembly election in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday dedicated the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited petrochemical complex the region's first petrochemical project at Lepetkata here to the nation and said development in the northeast would complete development in the country.