India is now Russia's biggest oil customer after China, as its refiners snap up discounted cargoes shunned by Western buyers

State energy officials say total gas demand is likely to fall 1% this year, according to a researcher with CNOOC. That would be the first annual decline since at least 2002

Russia accounted for 22% of India's total crude imports last month, supplying 946,000 barrels per day, The Economic Times reported

The head of metals-to-oil group Vedanta expects annual revenue to double to $50 billion in the next 2-3 years, as it ramps up production of metals used in EV batteries

Asia's largest gas and oil producer reported profits of $16.66 billion from the January to September period

Rising gas prices have forced Thailand to extend the lifespan of some coal plants to meet its power needs. Meanwhile, Thai exports rose by 7.8% in September

The world is facing its "first truly global energy crisis" but IEA chief says that has sped up the transition to clean, renewable sources of power.

China's top exports to Russia included smartphones, generator sets, excavators and containers, while imports from Russia also rose 55%.

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida said the two nations had been working to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific under "an increasingly severe strategic environment"

Australia and Japan are expected to update their security agreement, given China's aggressive posturing over Taiwan and the South China Sea. But Tokyo also wants help with its energy transition

Pakistan is looking to buy Russian oil at the same low rate that India is buying at, its finance minister Ishaq Dar said

Sri Lanka sourced more than half its crude from Russia since May, buying oil from Moscow for the first time since 2013, the FT said.