New Delhi: Indigenous crude oil and condensate production fell 0.6 per cent to 2.4 million metric tonnes (MMT) in August 2025 compared to the year-ago period, according to data released by the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC).
Out of the total output, 75.3 per cent came from nomination fields, 13.7 per cent from pre-NELP fields and 10.8 per cent from NELP fields.
Total crude oil processed during August stood at 22.3 MMT, up 3 per cent from the same month last year. Of this, PSU and joint venture refiners processed 15 MMT, while private refiners processed 7.3 MMT. Indigenous crude processed was 2.2 MMT and imported crude was 20.1 MMT.
Cumulatively, crude oil processed in April–August FY26 rose 1.8 per cent year-on-year.
Production of petroleum products during August was 23.5 MMT, an increase of 3.4 per cent over August 2024. Refinery production contributed 23.2 MMT and fractionators 0.3 MMT. In the April–August period, petroleum product output was up 0.3 per cent.
The product mix in August was led by high-speed diesel at 41.5 per cent, motor spirit 18.4 per cent, naphtha 6.2 per cent, aviation turbine fuel 5.8 per cent, petcoke 5 per cent and LPG 4.5 per cent, with the balance coming from bitumen, fuel oil/LSHS, LDO, lubricants and others.
Crude oil imports fell 2.9 per cent in August and were down 0.7 per cent in April–August against the corresponding period of the previous year. Imports of petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) products declined 2 per cent in August and 2.6 per cent in April–August, mainly on account of lower imports of fuel oil and petcoke.
Exports of POL products increased 11.2 per cent in August and 2 per cent during April–August, driven by higher shipments of naphtha, motor spirit and high-speed diesel, the data showed.
