{"id":151227,"date":"2026-03-03T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151227"},"modified":"2026-02-28T19:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:20:35","slug":"postavky-nafty-z-rf-v-indiyu-obvalylysya-do-minimumu-za-chotyry-roky","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/novosti\/postavky-nafty-z-rf-v-indiyu-obvalylysya-do-minimumu-za-chotyry-roky\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Oil Supplies to India Drop to Four-Year Low"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"435\">India has significantly reduced its oil imports from <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Russia<\/span><\/span>: in January, deliveries fell by 40% compared to December and by more than half year-on-year. This is according to a report by international pricing agency <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Argus Media<\/span><\/span>, cited by Russian state-aligned news agency <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">RBC<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"776\">Volumes dropped to their lowest level since June 2022, reaching 859,000 barrels per day (3.68 million tonnes). India\u2019s Ministry of Commerce had previously reported a 5% decline in purchases in 2025, to 84.86 million tonnes. In December 2025, imports of Russian oil fell 4% year-on-year and 25% compared to November, to 5.78 million tonnes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"1230\">A key reason for the decline was increased pressure from the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">United States<\/span><\/span> and New Delhi\u2019s efforts to secure a favorable trade agreement with Washington. In January, the share of Russian oil in India\u2019s total imports fell to 21.2%, according to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Reuters<\/span><\/span>. This marks the lowest level since October 2022, when the country had just begun ramping up purchases from Russia amid the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1232\" data-end=\"1472\">India is compensating for the lost volumes by increasing imports from the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Middle East<\/span><\/span>, which now account for 55% of its total oil imports. Its main supplier has become <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1706\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The price of **<span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Venezuela<\/span><\/span>**n oil has been about $15 per barrel lower than Brent crude, making it attractive for Indian refineries, many of which are technologically optimized for processing heavier grades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":151228,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-151227","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=151227"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=151227"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=151227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}