July 3 (Reuters) - Indian refiners processed 6% more crude oil in May, provisional government data made public on Monday showed, seeing their biggest month-on-month increase since December 2022.
Refinery throughput in May rose to 5.37 million barrels per day (22.7 million tonnes), an uptick of 0.4% compared with May last year.
In April, throughput fell 3.8% year-on-year, hitting a five-month low in barrel-per-day terms due to ongoing maintenance.
India's crude oil imports in May rose 2% from a year earlier on sustained buying of discounted Russian fuel to cater to strong demand in the country.
Russian crude oil imports by India in May hit an all-time high of between 62.8 million and 66.7 million barrels as buyers took advantage of discounted supplies, reducing demand for oil from the Middle East and Africa.
India's fuel consumption also surged in May with diesel sales scaling a record high, buoyed by strong factory activity in the third-largest oil consumer in the world.
Natural gas output edged down 0.1% year on year to 2.91 billion cubic metres while crude oil production fell 1.9% to 2.5 million tonnes, the data showed.
Following are details of refinery throughput and crude oil output:
REFINERY PRODUCTION IN TERMS OF CRUDE THROUGHPUT (in '000 tonnes):
Source: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
IOC: Indian Oil Corp (IOC.NS)
BPCL: Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL.NS)
HPCL: Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL.NS)
CPCL: Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd (CHPC.NS)
MRPL: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL.NS)
Reliance Industries Ltd (RELI.NS)
Please note that CPCL's CBR refinery is de-commissioned under shutdown due to limitation in meeting required product specifications with the existing configuration.
CRUDE OUTPUT ('000 tonnes):
Total may not tally because some numbers have been rounded.
ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd (ONGC.NS)
OIL: Oil India Ltd (OILI.NS)
^Includes oil output of Tripura
#Includes oil output from Mumbai High
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