Atul Mathur

“India’s crude oil imports from Russia climbed to a record 2.8 million barrels per day (mbd) in July accounting for more than half of the country’s purchases”

“India’s LPG imports remained heavily skewed towards US, which supplied over 9 lakh tonne, or about 73%, of the over 1.2 million tonne imported in July.”

“Saudi Arabia recorded the biggest increase among major suppliers, with exports to India rising to 4.2 lakh barrels per day (bd) in July from 2.9 lakh bd in June.”

“Imports from Iraq continued to recover after falling to zero in April, with purchases in July nearly doubling to 1.3 lakh bd from 67,100 bd in June, marking the third consecutive monthly increase sin…”

“Kuwait also returned to India’s import basket, shipping 51,600 bd after recording no exports during April, May and June.”

“Imports from the UAE declined to 4.6 lakh bd in July from 5.1 lakh bd in June, though it remained India’s second-largest source of crude.”