India has not requested refiners to cut imports of Russian crude oil and no cuts have been seen for November loadings, despite U.S. claims that India is halving its purchases.
Indian industry sources told Reuters that no cuts have been made for the already placed nominations for loadings in November, contradicting U.S. claims.
U.S.-Indian talks in Washington this week were productive and Indian refiners are already halving crude oil imports from Russia, a White House official told Reuters.
However, Indian sources deny this, stating that no such request has been made to cut imports of Russian crude oil.
Author's summary: India denies cutting Russian oil imports.