Oil prices jump over 6% despite IEA move to release 400 million barrels of crude amid US-Iran war; Brent back above $90

Crude oil prices continued to boil in Wednesday’s evening session as traders showed little regard for the International Energy Agency’s decision on 11 March to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history in an effort to counter the supply disruption caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude…

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IOC, HPCL to BPCL: Brent crude tops $82/bbl — How rising crude oil prices can impact OMCs’ margins & earnings

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) — the state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) — are likely to take a hit on auto fuel marketing margins if crude oil prices stay elevated in the near term. The US-Israel attacks on Iran and the counterattacks by Tehran have driven crude…

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