Indian Refiners Looking to Step Up Russian Crude Purchases... - Bloomberg Government officials and state refiners met over the weekend to work on a contingency plan as the Iran-Israel war threatens oil supplies to India. Russian crude is being considered once again, despite the threat of potential punitive tariffs from the US, according to the news outlet. Indian oil ministry officials are requesting the MEA to try and get concessions from Washington.show more

🚨 Horrifying footage from Iran The US and Israel... struck oil storage tanks near Tehran. Crude oil spilled into the sewage and drainage systems, causing rivers of fire to literally flow through the streets. According to the latest video, the storage facilities are still burning.show more

President Trump: The tariffs are very high on India... because of the Russian oil, and they've stopped doing the Russian oil. It's been reduced very substantially. We're going to be bringing the tariffs down.show more

Jeanine: We get 60% of our crude oil from... Canada. If the United States is going to be energy independent again, we have a tougher negotiating stance with Canada, because we are not going to need as much of that crude oil..show more

Russian economic collapse: oil revenues hit a new record... low since the start of the full-scale war. The discount on Urals crude is now almost 50% off Brent, oil is selling at a loss, and buyers are still avoiding Russian oil. The 1990s are coming back. Make Russia Broke Again.show more

🚨 Breaking News: 🇺🇸 US: Trump had warned China... that if it purchased oil from Iran, it would face steep tariffs. 🇨🇳 China: "We are free to purchase oil from any country we choose." China proceeded to buy oil from Iran, disregarding the threat of tariffs. 🇺🇸 US: Just ten minutes after China purchased the oil from Iran, Trump imposed tariffs on China at three times the existing rate.show more

On the night of July 8, Ukraine's Special Operations... Forces struck two Russian oil refineries in Nizhnekamsk, Republic of Tatarstan. The targets of the SOF were the TANECO oil refining complex and the TAIF-NK oil refinery. ◾️ TANECO is one of Russia's largest and most advanced refineries with a refining depth of up to 99%, meaning it produces more gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel from each ton of crude oil than many older Russian refineries. ◾️ The TAIF-NK refinery has an annual processing capacity of up to 8.5 million tons of crude oil. The facility includes one of Russia's most sophisticated complexes for processing heavy oil residues. Glory!show more

The Cook-Island crude oil tanker #EagleS has been boarded... by Finnish authorities due to its suspected involvement in cutting cables between Finland and Estonia. The ship is part of the Dark Fleet hauling Russian oil outside the normal transportation network. Over the last year, the ship has largely operated between the Russian Baltic and Black Sea to India and ship-to-ship transfers.show more

Europe keeps buying more Russian LNG. India can’t buy... Russian LNG and oil. Whatever the US does (tariffs, Iran war), India is always the worst-hit country. America hates India and tries everything to suppress it. Modi loves America and puts America’s interests first.show more

India was buying Russian oil at a discount. Modi... goes to the White House and on his return to India he decides to stop buying Russian oil without communicating with Putin. Now Modi wants to buy Russian oil again. Russian are like, “Hold on chap. No discounts anymore.”show more

#WATCH | India-US trade talks: A US delegation leaves... from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry at Vanijya Bhavan in Delhi The Deputy US Ambassador for Trade, Rick Switzer, is on a two-day visit to India to engage in high-level discussions with Indian officialsshow more

🚨⚡️ BREAKING | Iran Makes Major Oil Export Claim... 🇮🇷 Iran says it has 147 million barrels of crude oil ready for export, valued at approximately $13 billion. 🛢️ According to an official from Iran’s Oil Ministry: 🗣️ “We are receiving continuous calls from countries that need oil. As soon as sanctions are eased on Friday, we will be ready to sell 147 million barrels of oil to the global market.”show more

The Pentagon has released video of US soldiers descending... from helicopters to board and seize another ship operating in international waters. Officials justified the Indian Ocean operation as a “right-of-visit” boarding and said the ship was transporting Iranian oil.show more

VIDEO | Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray... on the United States Department of the Treasury issuing a temporary 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil says, “The basic issue is being given permission for 30 days is a sign that we have become a colony. It's unfortunate that the Government of India hasn't responded. The question is, have we lost the freedom that we had won in 1947?” (Full video available onshow more

❗️Ukrainian drones struck the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl, one... of Russia's five largest oil refineries. Eyewitness footage showed fires burning at multiple locations across the plant, despite Russian officials claiming all drones had been shot down. The refinery processes up to 15 million tons of crude annually and is the largest refinery in Russia's Central Federal District, supplying fuel to Moscow and the surrounding region. #Ukraineshow more

🚨🇮🇷🇨🇳 Iran is snarling up the Strait of Hormuz,... choking almost 25% of global oil traffic and rattling markets, while still sending massive volumes of crude to China. Tehran has exported around 11.7 million barrels of crude to China since the war began, proving it can disrupt global energy flows and profit from the chaos at the same time. Source: Al Jazeerashow more

Since few people have suddenly become experts on geopolitics,... here is a fun fact: 2012: Then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said- “India has taken steps to reduce purchases of Iranian oil” This reduction in Iranian oil imports came after US sanctions She said this in the presence of EAM S. M. Krishna. And today, the same people are preaching to the govt, even though India did not stop purchasing Russian oil.show more

🇷🇺🇮🇳 Ukraine has hit so many Russian refineries that... Moscow is now, for the first time ever, importing gasoline from India. The first shipment landed last week, moved through a chain of Russian-linked tankers and a ship-to-ship transfer off Egypt to dodge sanctions. Russia's crude processing ran about a third below normal in July, and Kyiv has only stepped up the strikes since. When Russia has to import gasoline from an oil buyer 4,000 miles out, things are bad. Source: Bloomberg / Writer: Julieshow more

🚨🇮🇳🇷🇺 India’s imports of Russian vodka nearly double India... imported nearly $50,000 worth of Russian vodka in April — almost twice as much as before: Sputnik's analysis of Indian Commerce and Industry Ministry data. Russia has now become the 4th largest vodka supplier to India (was 10th last year) — according to Indian government data.show more