{"id":11815,"date":"2020-08-03T17:30:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T17:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=11815"},"modified":"2020-08-03T17:30:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T17:30:58","slug":"after-2-months-of-gains-fuel-demand-slips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=11815","title":{"rendered":"After 2 months of gains, fuel demand slips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-14269002-32262166\">\n<p>Refined fuel consumption in July slipped from June, according to preliminary data, indicating slower industrial activity as high retail prices, floods and renewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/topic\/coronavirus\/\">COVID-19<\/a> lockdowns in parts of India dented demand.<\/p>\n<p>Local fuel sales \u2014 a proxy for oil demand \u2014 plunged to historic lows in April when India imposed a country-wide lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>State-refiners\u2019 diesel sales, which account for a fifth of overall refined fuel sales in India, fell by 13% to 4.85 million tonnes in July from June, and by about 21% from a year earlier, Indian Oil Corporation\u2019s (IOC) data showed.<\/p>\n<p>Falling local sales and subdued refining margins have forced refiners to curtail crude processing. 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