India plays down threat of sanctions on Russian oil supplies, says can source from alternate places
Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the world's third largest oil importer should be able to deal with any problems with Russian imports by seeking supplies from other countries.
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) India on Thursday played down the threat of the US imposing sanctions on countries buying Russian oil, saying it is confident of meeting its needs from alternative sources.
Traditionally, the Middle East was the main source, but Russia has been the mainstay supplier for nearly three years now.
After much of the West shunned Russian crude following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia began offering steep discounts to attract alternative buyers.
Indian refiners seized the opportunity, turning Russia, once a marginal supplier, into India's largest source of crude oil, overtaking traditional suppliers from West Asia. Russia now accounts for as much as 40 per cent of India's oil imports.
Speaking at the Urja Varta annual conference of the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), Puri said there are many new suppliers coming onto the market such as Guyana and supplies can also be ramped up from existing producers such as Brazil and Canada.
'I don't feel any pressure in my mind. India has diversified the sources of supply,' he said in reply to a question on the impact of the US threatening Russia with sanctions.
Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump had threatened that countries purchasing Russian exports could face sanctions or steep tariffs if Moscow fails to reach a peace agreement with Ukraine within 50 days.
Puri said India is also increasing the hunt for finding new deposits of oil within the country and quickly bringing them to production.
'I'm not worried at all. If something happens, we'll deal with it,' he said. 'India has diversified the sources of supply and we have gone, I think, from about 27 countries that we used to buy from to about 40 countries now.' In the event of Russian supplies being hit, Indian Oil Corp chairman A S Sahney said the country could 'go back to the same template (of supplies) as was used pre-Ukraine crisis when Russian supplies to India were below 2 per cent.' The Oil Minister said prior to February 2022, India was buying 0.2 per cent of overall crude oil from Russia. 'Today… It has gone up considerably,' he said. PTI ABI ANZ DRR
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