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India’s Growing Oil Industry Is Garnering International Attention

· Felicity Bradstock · last updated

India’s oil industry is set for a big year in 2023, with international oil majors including Chevron, Exxon, and TotalEnergies showing interest in investing in the country.

India currently imports around 85 percent of its crude oil demand, a figure that it considers far too high and so is attempting to boost its domestic exploration and production.

With diversified imports and the fourth-largest refining industry in the world, India’s influence in the oil product sector will only increase going forward.

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