Total Becomes First Oil Major To Invest In Saudi Fuel Retail Market  OilPrice.comFrance's Total is the first international oil major to invest in Saudi Arabia's fuel retail market after signing a deal with oil giant Saudi Aramco to invest US$1 bi …

Exclusive: Indian state oil firms have stopped taking margin hit on petrol and diesel sales  ReutersIndian state-owned fuel retailers have stopped absorbing a government-mandated cut of 1 rupee (0.014 U.S. cents) a liter in their marketing margin …

Indian Oil says Iran may still invest in Chennai Petroleum expansion  Yahoo! Finance NewsIndia's biggest refiner Indian Oil Corp Ltd said on Wednesday that Iran may still invest in a refinery expansion project at one of its subsidiaries. Indian O …

Indian Oil, HP and BP’s plan to open 80,000 petrol pumps hits land hurdle  LivemintMumbai: Land availability may turn out to be the biggest hurdle in an ambitious plan by state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) to open close to 80,000 petrol ... …

Financial PostAs a free marketeer, I want the government out of the oil business. But the industry is under siegeFinancial Post“The Government's intent in the policy was to provide for the orderly development of the oil sands in such a manner as to sup …

Financial TimesThe romance of drilling for oil has peakedFinancial TimesWhen the price of crude oil goes through one of its periodic downturns, as it is doing now, it sends a shiver through the oil industry. History promises that higher prices will return. …

Economic TimesAs crude heads south, state oil companies rake in fat marginsEconomic TimesET Intelligence Group: Car and bike-owners are saving big as autofuel prices head south in India. But the biggest gainers from the precipitate plunge in global crude o …

How “Zombie” Funds Are Disrupting Oil PricesOilPrice.comLast December, Credit Suisse Group AG (CS), closed two very popular ways of betting on oil to the public. Both were exchange-traded notes (ETNs) pegged to oil prices, and both had been multi-billion d …

Economic TimesOil firms set up system for smooth daily fuel price changeEconomic TimesNEW DELHI: State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have set up a system for the smooth rollout of the daily revision of transport fuel prices across the country, the big …