Indian Oil Corp buys 5 million barrels of crude from West Africa, Middle East, sources say

Indian Oil Corporation has secured a significant crude oil purchase. The state refiner bought five million barrels from West Africa and the Middle East. This acquisition includes Angolan Kissanje and Nemba crude for its Paradip refinery. Nigerian ...

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: State refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC) bought 5 million barrels of crude oil from West Africa and Middle East via a ‌tender this ⁠week, ⁠trade sources said on Friday.

IOC ​purchased Angola's Kissanje and Nemba crude for ​delivery to its Paradip refinery, the sources said.

The company also ​bought Nigeria's Usan ⁠crude from ‌ExxonMobil and Abu ​Dhabi's ​Murban crude from Mercuria ⁠for delivery to Vadinar.


IOC also purchased ​Murban crude from Totsa, the ​trading arm of TotalEnergies, for delivery to Chennai, the people said.

The West African cargoes traded at premiums of ‌around $4 a barrel to dated Brent, while Murban ​cargoes were ​sold ⁠at flat to a slight premium to dated Brent, they added.

The companies ​typically do not comment on their commercial sales.
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