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India Boosts Far East Russian Oil Imports as War Upends Trade Routes

India raised its purchases of Russia’s Far East crude blend ESPO in the first seven months of the year as China backed out of the spot market in the first months of the Iran war and deliveries to India from the Middle East slumped with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Total…

India raised its purchases of Russia’s Far East crude blend ESPO in the first seven months of the year as China backed out of the spot market in the first months of the Iran war and deliveries to India from the Middle East slumped with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Total…

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Why it matters

India significantly increasing imports of Russian Far East crude amid the Iran war and disrupted Middle East supply routes materially alters global oil trade flows, impacting energy markets, credit conditions, and geopolitical risk in a systemic stress environment.

Sources

  • OilPrice.com

    India Boosts Far East Russian Oil Imports as War Upends Trade Routes

    India raised its purchases of Russia’s Far East crude blend ESPO in the first seven months of the year as China backed out of the spot market in the first months of the Iran war and deliveries to India from the Middle East slumped with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Total…