Indian refiners' crude processing in May recovers, up 7.3% from April

Indian crude oil processing gathered momentum in May, rising by some 7.3% from April to around 3.87 million barrels per day (bpd) as an easing of restrictions on transport and industrial activity boosted fuel demand.

FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks of an oil refinery of Essar Oil, which runs India's second biggest private sector refinery, are pictured in Vadinar in the western state of Gujarat, India. (REUTERS)
FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks of an oil refinery of Essar Oil, which runs India's second biggest private sector refinery, are pictured in Vadinar in the western state of Gujarat, India.

Compared to last year, Indian refiners' crude processing however tumbled by 24.2% in May to 16.35 million tonnes, the data showed.

Fuel consumption, a proxy for oil demand in the world's third biggest oil consuming nation, totalled 14.65 million tonnes in May, 47.4% higher than in April.

As a result, Indian refiners are already scaling up crude processing like their Asian peers. Indian Oil Corp, the country's top refiner, aims to operate its plants at about 90% capacity in June.

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IOC, along with subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corp, operated its refineries at an average 69% of designed capacity of 1.6 million bpd, the data showed.

State refiners, which along with their subsidiaries account for about 65% of the country's 5 million bpd refining capacity, are processing 69% of their installed capacity.

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Reliance Industries Ltd, operator of the world's biggest refining complex, operated its two refineries at 91.7% of their overall capacity of about 1.4 million bpd.

Meanwhile, crude oil production fell 7.1% in May from a year earlier to 2.60 million tonnes, or 615,300 bpd, its biggest decline in five months.

Natural gas output fell 16% to 2.30 billion cubic metres, data showed.

First Published Date: 23 Jun 2020, 10:44 AM IST
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