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India's Fuel Demand Falls 6.5%, LPG Consumption Drops 20%
India's fuel consumption fell by 6.5% in May from a year earlier while sales of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a key cooking and industry input fuel, tumbled by 20% as the Iran war continued to disrupt supply from the Middle East and…
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India’s overall fuel consumption fell 6.5% in May compared with the same month in 2025, driven mainly by a drop in gasoline sales. Diesel use rose slightly, up 1.6% year‑over‑year. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales plunged 20%, a decline attributed to supply disruptions from the Middle East amid the ongoing Iran war and the resulting rise in fuel prices. The data come from the Indian oil ministry’s official statistics.
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