India refiners' crude throughput falls 3.6pc.

Indian refiners processed 21.94 million mt, or an average 5.2 million b/d, of crude oil in January, down 3.6 percent year on year, latest data from the oil ministry showed, reflecting a partial shutdown at private refiner Reliance Industries Ltd.

The December figure was 4.3percent higher than in December. The average utilization rate of refiners was 104.4percent in January, compared with 100percent in December, and 114.6percent in January 2018...