India, the world's third biggest oil importer and consumer, also raised imports from Iraq while taking less Saudi oil, the data showed.
India imported about 1.55 million barrels per day (bpd) of Russian oil in September, 16% more than in August, while imports from Iraq increased by 17% to about 1.1 million bpd, LSEG data showed.
Vortexa pegged imports of Russian oil at 1.52 million bpd, compared with 1.44 million bpd in August.
India's Saudi Oil Imports surged in Aug, Russia fell to 7-mth lowAccording to Kpler data, India's imports of Russian crude jumped back to 1.8 million bpd in September from less than 1.5 million bpd in August.
They mostly purchase Russian oil on the spot market, while largely relying on term contracts for Middle Eastern crude.
Persons:
Viktor Katona, Kpler's Katona, Nidhi Verma, Mohi Narayan, Arpan Varghese, Simon Cameron, Moore
Organizations:
Saudi Oil Imports, Thomson
Locations:
DELHI, Russia, LSEG, India, Iraq, Kpler, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine