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Russian Flows Pushing OPEC Suppliers Out of India

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India pulled in higher volumes of Russian oil in May reaching 1.95mn bpd in May according to tanker tracking data. Higher Russian volumes are muscling out regular suppliers like Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

  • Russian oil accounted for about 40% of India's crude imports in May, cutting imports from Iraq to a three-year low and from Saudi Arabia to their lowest since September 2021 according to Reuters analysis.
  • India imported 801,400 bpd of Iraqi oil in May, down about 13.7% from April, while supply from Saudi fell 15% to 616,100 bpd.
  • Overall Indian oil imports rose marginally from April to 4.8 million bpd in May.


source: Reuters

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