India’s Top Refiner Buys Non-Sanctioned Russian Crude
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India's top refiner, Indian Oil Corporation, has purchased Russian crude from non-sanctioned entities to replace volumes lost due to US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil.
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India’s biggest state-held refiner, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), has acquired five December-arriving cargoes of Russian crude from non-sanctioned entities, trade sources told Reuters as India scrambles to replace sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil deliveries. The U.S. sanctions Russia’s top two producers sent Indian refiners rushing to replace volumes from these exporters and their affiliates with barrels from other countries, and apparently with Russian barrels moved by unsanctioned entities. IOC early this week vowed that…
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Original article published by OilPrice.com on October 31, 2025. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.