India will continue buying crude from Russia as it looks to cater to its interests, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, amid U.S. pressure over India's Russian crude purchases.
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Top Indian refiner Indian Oil Corp skipped the purchase of U.S. oil in its latest tender and instead bought 2 million barrels of West African and a million barrels of Middle Eastern grade, trade sources said on Friday.
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India is not "profiteering" from Russian oil imports and its purchases have stabilised markets while keeping prices from rising to as much as $200 a barrel, Hardeep Singh Puri, country's oil minister, said in the Hindu newspaper on Monday.
New Delhi has called the targeting of India over the purchase of Russian oil “unjustified and unreasonable” and said these imports began as its traditional supplies were diverted to Europe, with the US having “actively encouraged such imports by India for strengthening global energy markets stability”.
Russian oil exports to India are set to rise in September, dealers said, as New Delhi defies U.S. punitive tariffs designed to force the country to stop the trade and push Moscow towards a peace deal with Ukraine.
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Adnoc Gas has signed a 15-year sales and purchase deal to supply liquefied natural gas to the state-backed Indian Oil Corporation, amid growing energy demand in India and an aim to improve its energy security.
India saved billions of dollars by stepping up imports of discounted Russian oil in the wake of the war in Ukraine, but punitive tariffs imposed by the U.S. that came into effect on Wednesday will quickly undo the gains, with no easy solutions in sight.
Russia's fuel oil shipments went mostly to Saudi Arabia and India in July as Asia and the Middle East remain the key outlets for Moscow's fuel oil and vacuum gasoil (VGO) amid import bans and embargoes in the West.
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Refiners in India, among the largest buyers of Russian crude, are planning to trim their purchases in the coming weeks, a modest concession to Washington’s hawks less than a day ahead of a hike in US tariffs, but also a signal that the country has no plans to sever ties with Moscow.
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday defended India’s energy ties with Russia, saying that New Delhi’s oil purchases were both in national and global interest.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday defended India’s energy ties with Russia, saying that New Delhi’s oil purchases were both in national and global interest.
India has increased crude oil purchases from Russia since 2022, causing tensions with the US, leading to a 25% penalty tariff on India over the existing 25% reciprocal tariff.
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