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Home | Business | India To Buy One Third Less Oil From Saudi

India to buy one-third less oil from Saudi

IOC and three other refiners have sought just 65 per cent of the monthly average of about 15 million barrels from Saudi Arabia in May, three sources with knowledge of the matter said

By PTI
Published Date - 08:22 PM, Tue - 6 April 21
India to buy one-third less oil from Saudi
State refiners are looking to buy more oil from the spot market rather than rely on fixed quantity contracts
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New Delhi: Indian refiners will buy less oil from Saudi Arabia next month as they snap up supplies outside of the Middle East as part of diversification drive amid weakening domestic fuel demand on the resurgence of COVID-19.

State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and three other refiners have sought just 65 per cent of the monthly average of about 15 million barrels from Saudi Arabia in May, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.

The move follows tensions between India and Saudi Arabia over the Kingdom’s hawkish stance on boosting production to cool prices. With Saudi Arabia ignoring its pleas to lift output curbs, the Indian government last month asked state refiners to look for sources outside of the Middle East.

Sources said IOC and other state refiners are looking to buy more oil from the spot or current market rather than rely on term or fixed quantity contracts with Saudi and other oil cartel OPEC nations. They have in recent weeks bought newer crudes from geographies ranging from Guyana to Norway as part of that effort.

Besides the US is also being tapped for increased buying, they said adding IOC has floated a spot tender seeking crude from West Africa, the US and Canada. Crude oil imports from OPEC countries decreased to 74.4 per cent of total imports during April 2020 to February 2021 as compared to 79.6 per cent in the same period of the previous year.

India, which imports 85 per cent of its oil needs, in February saw record petrol and diesel prices, putting an extra burden on the pandemic-hit economy. Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan repeatedly called for OPEC and its allies, known as OPEC+, to pump more crude to stop prices from rising too high. But Saudi Arabia did not yield to his demands and instead asked New Delhi to use cheaper oil it had bought and stored when oil prices had plummeted a year back.

Oil purchases from Saudi dropped in January and February this year while US imports more than doubled, they said adding the US overtook Saudi as India’s second-largest supplier in February. Iraq continues to be the top supplier.

Sources said lower supplies sought in May are also linked to economic recovery weakening due to localised lockdowns being imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus. India, the world’s third-largest consumer of oil, hopes to use the might of its market to change the terms of engagement with big suppliers.

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