Two Indian refiners declared force majeure on crude purchases from the Middle East on Friday after fuel demand plummeted due to a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus and the companies’ tanks are full, sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked India’s 1.3 billion people to stay indoors for three weeks in the world’s biggest lockdown, shutting down Asia’s third-largest economy and leaving millions of economically vulnerable people without work. Read More…