China Secures Record Russian Oil Imports as India Reduces Purchases
Affected assets and topics
Why it matters
China's oil imports from Russia are expected to reach an all-time high of 2.07-2.08 million barrels per day in February, driven by discounted supply and India's reduction in Russian oil purchases.
Expected market reaction
Market impact analysis based on bullish sentiment with 90% confidence.
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Technical identifiers
- Provider tag
- groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
- Model id
- llama-3.1-8b-instant
- Analysis version
- groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
- Article id
- 46320
- Timeframe
- 6h
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Original source
China’s oil imports from Russia are on track for all-time high of over 2 million barrels per day in February as India is withdrawing from Russian spot purchases and supply is now heavily discounted for Chinese independent refiners. China is set to import 2.07-2.08 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Russia this month, according to data from Vortexa and Kpler cited by Reuters. The figure would be a new record high and significantly higher than the 1.7 million bpd estimated imports of Russian oil to China in January. …
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Original article published by OilPrice.com on February 16, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.
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