In late April, Urals cargoes for late May or early June delivery were trading at a discount of around $5-6/b to benchmark ICE Brent crude futures on a DES Shandong basis,

While many Western buyers are avoiding Russian crude in response to its invasion of Ukraine, Indian private refiners such as Reliance and Nayara have been among the biggest buyers this year of discounted Russian supplies.

Renewable energy now forms a quarter of India’s total installed power capacity – 110 gigawatts (GW) as of March 2022 – and accounts for 13% of the country’s electricity generation.

India imported 84% of its oil needs and 54% of its gas needs in 2020. After coal (44%), oil represented 44% of the country’s total consumption in 2020, against 6% for natural gas.

The Vietnamese government has agreed to increase the capacity of the Sơn La hydropower plant on the Black River in Ít Ong, Mường La District, Sơn La Province, from 2.4 GW to 3.2 GW.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said Japan will take firm steps to restart idled NPPs to make maximum use of nuclear power to stabilise energy prices and supply,

It would be the first time since 2015 that Coal India has imported the fuel, highlighting efforts by state and federal officials to stock up to avoid a repeat of April, when India faced its worst power cuts in more than six years.

The Siarmal mine, located in the state of Odisha (eastern India), will start producing 2-5 Mt/year and will ramp up its production capacity of 50 Mt/year in 5 to 7 years.

Currently, GAIL has a term LNG import deal in place with Gazprom's Singapore-based trading arm.

A record volume of Russian oil is on board tankers, with unprecedented amounts heading to India and China as other nations restrict imports because of the war in Ukraine.

China has emerged as a willing buyer of Russian oil as others shun the OPEC+ producer’s energy due to the war in Ukraine.

The UAE’s expanded cooperation with India in the area of climate aims to support India’s ambition to achieve 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy installed capacity by 2030 and aligns with the UAE’s ambitions to expand its low and zero-carbon energy capabilities.

Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant - comprising two VVER-1200 reactors - is currently under construction by Russia's AtomStroyExport at Rooppur, about 160 km northwest of Dhaka.

India's federal government decided to cut the excise duty on petrol and diesel in an attempt to rein in high levels of inflation.

The discounted Russian Urals had helped to boost refining margins and operation rates for independent refineries.