With oil marketing corporations continuing to delay fuel prices, petrol and diesel enjoy begun trickling into deepest fuel retail retailers that enjoy been practically out of fuel.
On Tuesday, fuel prices enjoy been elevated for the seventh time in eight days and revel in now long past up ₹4.80-4.85 per litre.
In Delhi, prices enjoy been elevated by 80 paise a litre for petrol and 70 paise for diesel on Tuesday, to ₹100.21 and ₹91.47, respectively.
In Mumbai, the costs enjoy been 85 and 75 paise up at ₹115.04 a litre for petrol and ₹99.25 for diesel.
On Tuesday, Brent unsuitable futures changed into trading up 1.1% at $110.66 a barrel, with the Ukraine-Russia peace talks in focal point.
“Although fuel is peaceable being rationed, the downside has improved with delay in fuel prices. We’re hoping the fuel mark hikes proceed,” stated a Nayara Energy fuel retailer from Maharashtra.
Three dealers of Nayara Energy ET spoke to stated the firm had been rationing fuel. Two of the dealers had bustle out of fuel at their retailers final week.
Nayara dealers stated based fully totally on an unofficial conversation from firm officers, beefy provide may per chance resume by April 15 when fuel prices would enjoy climbed a “overjoyed” level.
Russian oil company Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy has bigger than 6,500 fuel stations in India.
In an emailed response, a Nayara Energy spokesperson stated: “The industry had now not implemented a mark hike at retail fuel stations since November 2021 (unless final week). For the rationale that foundation of the 300 and sixty five days, oil corporations enjoy been inviting the impact of soaring global unsuitable prices ($80 to $110+) leading to a most principal tumble in margins.”
The spokesperson stated whereas the firm persisted its retail operations, it changed into exploring a entire lot of alternate choices similar to viable fuel pricing to advance at a sustainable resolution.
The memoir is now not any assorted for the dealers of Jio-BP, the joint endeavor of Reliance Industries and BP Plc. While some stated provide changed into being restored in little portions, others stated they enjoy been peaceable waiting to bag fuel.
“After per week, I on the present time got a tanker of petrol. I am peaceable looking ahead to diesel provide to resume. However there may be reduction that fuel prices enjoy elevated, and our industrial is deciding on up scramble again. We’re steered issues will additional toughen by 15 April,” stated a Jio-BP dealer from Gujarat.
In an emailed response to ET’s questions, Reliance Industries stated: “There is a big surge of inquire at fuel stations (retail retailers) resulting from prevailing mark differential of ₹20/litre between retail and industrial mark of diesel, leading to heavy diversion of bulk HSD (notify prospects) to retail retailers.”
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