Meeting held between the Petroleum Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and OPEC delegation
Meeting held between the
Petroleum Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan and OPEC delegation
The Minister of
State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today
held a meeting with an OPEC delegation led by its Secretary
General, Mr. Abdalla Salem El-Badri. This is the first regular
meeting held at the level of Minister/Secretary General under the
India-OPEC Institutional Dialogue, which was set up during the last OPEC Summit
in Vienna, Austria in June 2015.
The two sides exchanged views on the emerging global crude markets and deliberated on India’s concerns vis-Ã -vis oil purchase from OPEC member countries. Shri Pradhan gave Indian perspective on developments in the global oil market. He reiterated that reasonable and responsible oil prices will be beneficial in long term, for both oil producing and oil importing countries. The two sides agreed that such annual dialogue between India and OPEC is in mutual interest and it should be continued in future. Both India and OPEC reaffirmed their commitment to further increase their co-operation in the oil and gas sector. The meeting comes amidst the backdrop of continuing fall in global crude prices which has recently witnessed a slide to nearly 11 year low of below US$ 37/barrel.
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OPEC, or the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, is an
inter-governmental organization of 13 major oil producing countries
which together produce about 40 percent of the world's crude
oil. OPEC oil exports represent about 60 percent of the total
petroleum traded internationally. India is the world’s 3rd largest importer of crude oil behind only
the United States and China. Our imports from OPEC countries constitute 85
percent of our total crude imports and 94 percent of the gas imports.
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