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India's oil refiners eye more exports as Covid-19 outbreak hits demand

Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum weighing the option of raising oil-product exports against cutting run rates.

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Dhwani Pandya and Debjit Chakraborty | Bloomberg
Oil refiners in virus-battered India may decide to ramp up fuel exports as lockdowns across the country cut into local consumption, while a recovery in global demand lifts profits from potential overseas sales.

State-owned Indian Oil Corp. and Bharat Petroleum Corp. are weighing the option of raising oil-product exports against cutting run rates, according to company officials who asked not to be identified. That’s after record infections in India prompted curfews that kept people off the streets and hurt consumption. Outside India, major economies such as the U.S. and China saw a surge in mobility that has lifted the use of

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