Bharat Petroleum to sign $780 million oil deal with Brazil's Petrobras

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Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep Singh Puri during the Curtain Raiser Press Conference connected IEW 2026, connected Friday, January 23, 2026. Photo credit: PIB

Bharat Petroleum Corp ‍Ltd volition bargain 12 cardinal lipid ​barrels for $780 cardinal from Brazil’s Petrobas ‌in fiscal 2027, doubly the ​size of its 2026 contract, to partially regenerate Russian oil, a authorities connection said connected Friday (January 23, 2026).

Refiners are redrafting their lipid import strategies, buying much lipid from West Asian, ​African and South American countries to ⁠make up for a simplification successful Russian lipid supplies.

The woody betwixt Bharat Petroleum Corp and ⁠Brazil’s nationalist lipid institution volition beryllium signed adjacent week astatine the India Energy Week conference, the connection added.

Other pacts

During the four-day league opening ‌on January 27, state-run Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) volition besides motion a ‍preliminary woody with France’s TotalEnergies to physique a 200 kilo tons per twelvemonth ‍sustainable aviation substance task astatine Paradip successful eastbound Odisha state.

Additionally, NRL and explorer Oil India Ltd volition motion a preliminary woody with TotalEnergies to bargain liquefied earthy state (LNG) to conscionable aboriginal request of the 2 ⁠Indian companies.

Separately, BharatPetro Resources Ltd - an portion of BPCL - is acceptable ​to motion a pact with Shell ⁠to bargain stakes successful lipid and state companies crossed the world, the authorities connection said. 

Published - January 23, 2026 06:40 p.m. IST

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