Table: India's Reliance raises Middle East oil imports in September as Russian purchases fall
TABLE-India's Reliance raises Middle East oil imports in September as Russian purchases fall NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries RELI.NS, which operates the world's biggest refining complex, imported 359,000 barrels per day of Russian oil in September, a decline of about 25% month-on-month, data from industry and trade sources showed.
The private refiner raised imports of discounted Middle Eastern oil to about 1.1 million bpd from 405,000 bpd in August, the data showed.
The share of Russian oil in the company's overall intake declined to about 21.4% in September from 37.3% in August, while that of the Middle East rose to 64.7% from 31.5%, the data showed.
Following are details of Reliance's crude and condensate imports, according to the data. Volumes are in 1,000 bpd.
Country/Region | Sept 2026 | Aug 2026 | %Chg yr/yr | Sept 2025 | %Chg mth/mth | Jan-Sept 2026 | Jan-Sept 2025 | %Chg yr/yr |
Latin America | ||||||||
Brazil | 22.3 | 62.8 | -64.4 | 15.2 | 46.9 | 79.3 | 11.9 | 566.3 |
Colombia | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 71.1 | -100.0 | 54.0 | 72.9 | -25.9 |
Ecuador | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | 11.9 | -100.0 |
Mexico | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | 20.4 | -100.0 |
Venezuela | 211.8 | 273.0 | -22.4 | 0.0 | -- | 165.0 | 41.3 | 299.6 |
Guatemala | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
TOTAL | 234.1 | 335.8 | -30.3 | 86.4 | 171.1 | 298.3 | 158.4 | 88.4 |
Middle East | ||||||||
Neutral zone | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 10.9 | 29.0 | -62.4 |
Iran | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 7.0 | 0.0 | -- |
Iraq | 199.6 | 67.8 | 194.3 | 201.7 | -1.0 | 96.6 | 212.8 | -54.6 |
Qatar | 135.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 64.1 | 11.0 | 482.3 |
Kuwait | 234.8 | 214.5 | 9.5 | 0.0 | -- | 80.1 | 9.7 | 729.2 |
S. Arabia | 133.0 | 0.0 | -- | 128.7 | 3.4 | 138.7 | 153.1 | -9.4 |
U.A.E. | 384.3 | 122.7 | 213.2 | 62.8 | 512.3 | 233.8 | 26.3 | 788.3 |
Dubai | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | 1.8 | -100.0 |
TOTAL | 1086.8 | 405.0 | 168.3 | 393.1 | 176.4 | 631.2 | 443.6 | 42.3 |
CIS | ||||||||
Kazakhstan | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 62.3 | -100.0 | 7.0 | 49.3 | -85.9 |
Russia | 359.0 | 479.7 | -25.2 | 635.1 | -43.5 | 330.2 | 577.8 | -42.9 |
TOTAL | 359.0 | 479.7 | -25.2 | 697.5 | -48.5 | 337.1 | 627.1 | -46.2 |
Africa | ||||||||
Angola | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 3.7 | 0.0 | -- |
Congo | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 6.8 | 3.4 | 100.4 |
Chad | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 2.4 | 0.0 | -- |
Sudan | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 7.2 | 0.0 | -- |
TOTAL | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 20.1 | 3.4 | 491.2 |
Canada | 0.0 | 66.9 | -100.0 | 71.5 | -100.0 | 53.2 | 75.2 | -29.3 |
USA | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 0.0 | -- | 10.5 | 0.0 | -- |
TOTAL ALL | 1679.8 | 1287.5 | 30.5 | 1248.4 | 34.6 | 1350.5 | 1307.7 | 3.3 |
NOTE: The total may not tally as numbers in tonnes have been rounded off after converting them into barrels per day using a conversion factor of 7.2 barrels in a tonne divided by the number of days.
Numbers for previous months have been revised.
Data includes some crude parcels that arrived in August but discharged in September. It also includes some oil parcels that arrived in September and were discharged in October.
(Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Sonia Cheema)
((nidhi.verma@thomsonreuters.com; X: @nidhi712;))
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