India's Petrol Sales Rise 5% In November, Cooking Gas Demand Up 4%

Fuel demand fell 5.0 per cent in November compared with the same month last year. Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totaled 17.83 million tonnes, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed.

Sales of petrol were 5.2 per cent higher from a year earlier at 2.67 million tonnes. Cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales increased 3.5 per cent to 2.35 million tonnes, while naphtha sales surged 7.3 per cent to 1.35 million tonnes.

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