India raises windfall tax on petroleum crude to 3,200 rupees/tonne NEW DELHI: India raised its windfall tax on petroleum crude to 3,200 rupees/ton from 1,700 rupees from Saturday... Published 03 Feb, 2024 10:13am
Business & Finance Jan POL products’ sales down 4.9pc to 1.38 MTs YoY KARACHI: The sales of petroleum products in the country declined by 4.0 percent on year-on-year basis to 1.38 ... Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am
Pakistan Govt slashes petrol price by Rs8 per litre; keeps HSD unchanged New petrol price will be Rs259.34 per litre Published 15 Jan, 2024 11:40pm
BR Research Petroleum imports 1HFY24 Unlike the previous years like FY22 when the petroleum imports were rising, FY23 was a year where the oil imports... Published 15 Jan, 2024 07:47am
Print Dec petroleum products’ sales fall 7pc YoY KARACHI: Total sales of petroleum products in the country declined by 7.0 percent on year-on-year basis to 1.24... Updated 03 Jan, 2024 09:28am
Markets POL sales down 7% YoY amid higher prices, economic slowdown Sale of total petroleum products in Pakistan clocked in at 1.24 million tons in December, a decline of 7%... Updated 02 Jan, 2024 07:09pm
BR Research Petroleum sales and some recovery? Monthly petroleum sales in the country have been weakening due economic slowdown, rising inflation, and depreciating... Published 03 Nov, 2023 08:42am
BR Research OMCs – weak monthly volumes The oil marketing segment has been hit hard by weaker volumes amid escalating prices, shrinking margins, weaker... Published 17 Oct, 2023 08:54am
BR Research Diesel: Low(est) demand or high(est) smuggling? September 2023 petroleum sales numbers were a rude awakening – laying bare so many things simultaneously. From the... Published 10 Oct, 2023 09:05am
Markets Aug petroleum sales decline 8pc to 1.41m of tons YoY KARACHI: The total sales of petroleum products in the country clocked-in at 1.41 million of tons in August 2023,... Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am
BR Research PSO in FY23 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited (PSX: PSO) announced its financial performance for FY23 yesterday with an... Published 24 Aug, 2023 08:49am
Pakistan Ishaq Dar notifies Rs9 per litre reduction in petrol price Petrol to be priced at Rs253, diesel's rate sees cut of Rs7 to stand at Rs253.5 per litre Published 15 Jul, 2023 10:43pm
BR Research FY23 - drab for oil consumption Oil consumption in the country has shrunk to its minimum since FY07 to only 16.6 million tons during the year... Updated 06 Jul, 2023 10:19am
Markets Component-wise breakdown of petrol price in Pakistan Decrease in rate due to decline in ex-refinery price Published 16 May, 2023 07:16pm
BR Research Petroleum sales – dull and dreary Petroleum consumption in the country has been shrinking with petroleum product sales depicting a massive decline of... Updated 05 May, 2023 10:11am
BR Research PSO – inventory losses diminish earnings While the oil marketing companies had seen robust sales of petroleum products in most of FY22, the petroleum sales... Published 20 Feb, 2023 09:09am
Markets OMCs take a hit as petroleum sales drop in Pakistan Sales of oil marketing companies (OMCs) took a hit after Pakistan’s petroleum products bore the brunt of economic... Updated 02 Dec, 2022 05:20pm
BR Research Petroleum: consumption fizzling out After a sharp decline in July-22 and the start of FY23, petroleum sales in the country witnessed another month of... Published 05 Sep, 2022 08:44am
BR Research Floods 2022 - initial economic assessment Floods in 2022 are sending havoc in the country. It's a significant humanitarian loss, and it's not appropriate to... Published 29 Aug, 2022 08:39am
Markets Oil sales decline 11% in June as high prices dent demand A further slowdown in diesel and petrol sales is expected as the government has decided to impose PDL and sales tax Updated 02 Jul, 2022 07:33pm
BR Research Fuel pricing: stop wasting time The question is why the successive governments are too fixated on the petroleum prices. The question is why this has... Published 27 May, 2022 08:20am
Markets Petroleum sales grow 30pc YoY, 19pc MoM KARACHI: Total petroleum sales reached 2.18 million tons in April 2022, registering an increase of 30 percent on... Published 10 May, 2022 06:20am
BR Research Petrol in peril The government has reduced the petroleum (petrol and diesel) prices by Rs10/liter to ease the pressure of inflation... Published 07 Mar, 2022 05:52am
BR Research Petroleum sales keeping up After a robust January 2022, February was a tad bit slower for the petroleum consumption in the country. The oil... Published 04 Mar, 2022 08:19am
BR Research Petroleum sales upbeat After the seven months of the current fiscal year – 7MFY22, the petroleum consumption in the country is up as seen... Published 03 Feb, 2022 07:43am
BR Research Petroleum demand in provinces There are two ways to look at growing petroleum sales in Pakistan. The rising consumption of petroleum products... Published 24 Dec, 2021 07:58am
BR Research Petroleum sales: the hustle continues As the world comes out from the depths of weaker energy consumption due to the pandemic in 2020, the rebound in... Published 06 Oct, 2021 07:30am
BR Research Petrol: Relief continues In an environment where deputy commissioners will be controlling prices of essential and non-essential items,... Published 03 Sep, 2021 07:25am
BR Research Petrol demand growing ‘naturally’ If crude oil was not enough, currency depreciation will now be another headache come petroleum pricing decision time... Published 05 Aug, 2021 08:51am
BR Research All time high petroleum sales Petrol sales have been on an upward trajectory and have continuously crossed record levels in the last two months.... Published 04 Aug, 2021 08:42am
Behind the screens: SECP probe into State Life’s equity investment process opens Pandora’s box at PSX?
Behind the screens: SECP probe into State Life’s equity investment process opens Pandora’s box at PSX?