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India’s fuel demand rose 9.9 percent in September

Reuters, New Delhi | ByReuters
Oct 18, 2017 03:36 PM IST

Consumption of fuel totalled 16.26 million tonnes.

India’s fuel demand rose 9.9 percent in September compared with the same month last year.

A file photo of a worker holding a fuel nozzle at a petrol pump in Hyderabad.(Reuters)
A file photo of a worker holding a fuel nozzle at a petrol pump in Hyderabad.(Reuters)

Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, totalled 16.26 million tonnes, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed.

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Sales of gasoline, or petrol, were 17.9 percent higher from a year earlier at 2.14 million tonnes.

Cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales increased 4.1 percent to 1.95 million tonnes, while naphtha sales surged 4.9 percent to 1.16 million tonnes.

Sales of bitumen, used for making roads, were 7.5 percent up, while fuel oil use edged lower 14.0 percent in September.

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