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U.S. sanctions push Indian refiners away from Russian crude- oil and gas 360

U.S. sanctions push Indian refiners away from Russian crude

(Oil Price)– All but two Indian refiners have skipped placing orders for Russian crude for December after the U.S. sanctioned Russia’s top oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, sources with knowledge of the purchases told Bloomberg on Tuesday. India’s refiners, which have come to rely on cheap Russian crude in the past three years, have withdrawn from the December purchasing window which

India’s Second-Largest Refinery Sees Imports Plunge as EU Sanctions Bite- oil and gas 360

India’s second-largest refinery sees imports plunge as EU sanctions bite

(Oil Price)– Nayara Energy, the Indian refiner in which Russia’s oil giant Rosneft holds 49%, is set to import in August the lowest volume of crude ever as the EU sanctions cripple procurement plans and sales of refined petroleum products. Nayara Energy is expected to import just 94,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude this month, Bloomberg reports, citing ship-tracking data