Oil
Coal supply to power plants to normalise soon, says power ministry official amid fuel shortages: Report
CEII brief
ET EnergyWorld (India) reported on 22 Oct 2026: Coal supply to power plants to normalise soon, says power ministry official amid fuel shortages: Report.
Read the full story on ET EnergyWorld (India)Daily peak power demand this year has been 45-50 GW higher than a year earlier, due to weaker monsoon rains and increased reliance on thermal power plants.
Context from CEII
Crude benchmarks move budgets, currencies and inflation in producer and importer countries alike. For economies such as Nigeria, where fuels dominate exports, production and refining decisions move the whole economy.
9.5% of world merchandise exports were fuels in 2025Original reporting © ET EnergyWorld (India). Headline and excerpt quoted with attribution; the full article is available on the publisher’s site. CEII’s context is the Centre’s own and does not represent the publisher.