Fuel Consumption Demand Rose 6.2 Per Cent In June

Fuel Consumption Demand Rose 6.2 Per Cent In June
Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 15.65 million tonnes.

India's fuel demand rose 6.2 per cent in June compared with the same month last year.

Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 15.65 million tonnes, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed.

Sales of gasoline, or petrol, were 4.4 per cent higher from a year earlier at 1.85 million tonnes.

Cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales increased 8.5 per cent to 1.61 million tonnes, while naphtha sales surged 15.6 per cent to 1.19 million tonnes.

Sales of bitumen, used for making roads, were 10.0 per cent up, while fuel oil use edged up 17.3 per cent in June.

© Thomson Reuters 2016

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