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Saudi Crude Flows to India Gain Ground vs. Russian in August

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India shipped in 863,950 bpd of crude from Saudi Arabia in August, up 4.8% from the previous month, while purchases from Russia fell 2.4% to 855,950 bpd according to ­­industry and trade data.

  • It puts Saudi Arabia as the second biggest supplier to India for August after a three-month gap getting pipped by Russian flows. Iraq retained top spot in August.
  • India's overall crude imports in August declined to a five-month low of 4.45 million bpd, down 4.1% from July, due to maintenance at some refineries.
  • African oil's share in August halved to 4.2% while Latin America's share fell to 5.3% from about 7.7%.
  • Russian oil accounted for about 16% for India's overall imports in April-August, the first five months of this fiscal year, at 757,000 bpd compared with 20,000 bpd a year earlier, or a 0.5% share.

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