India’s demand for diesel, the most used fuel in the world’s third-largest crude oil importer, rose in December 2021 from a month earlier but was still 2 percent lower than the pre-pandemic demand in December 2019, data from state refiners cited by Argus showed on Monday. Demand for jet fuel also rose in December from November and from the low levels of December 2020, but was still lagging the consumption trend from December 2019, just before COVID-19. Jet fuel demand was down by 27 percent compared to December 2019. Meanwhile, India’s gasoline demand stood at 692,000 barrels per day (bpd) in December 2021, up by 13 percent from December 2019, as consumption of gasoline continued to exceed pre-pandemic levels. After lockdowns in India started to ease last year, demand for gasoline rose and has been exceeding pre-COVID levels as more people prefer driving in their own vehicles to commuting […]