
Saudi Arabia overtakes Russia to be India's No. 2 oil supplier in August
Hindustan TimesSaudi Arabia emerged as the second-biggest oil supplier to India after a three-month gap, overtaking Russia by a thin margin, while Iraq retained the top spot in August, data from industry and trade sources showed. 2 oil buyer after China India, the world's third biggest oil importer and consumer, shipped in 863,950 barrels per day of crude from Saudi Arabia, up 4.8% from the previous month, while purchases from Russia fell 2.4% to 855,950 bpd, the data showed. Despite Saudi's gain, the share of oil from Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in India fell to 59.8%, the lowest in at least 16 years as India cut African imports. That lifted share of CIS countries in India's April-August oil imports to about 20% from 2.9%, the data showed.
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