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Louisiana Light • 2 days | 86.60 | -0.08 | -0.09% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 88.69 | -0.04 | -0.05% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 87.35 | -2.29 | -2.55% | ||
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Mars US • 168 days | 77.67 | -1.57 | -1.98% | ||
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Gasoline • 10 hours | 2.710 | -0.003 | -0.13% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 88.69 | -0.04 | -0.05% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 89.20 | -0.10 | -0.11% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 87.35 | -2.29 | -2.55% |
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Peace Sour • 17 hours | 75.30 | -0.05 | -0.07% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 17 hours | 78.35 | -0.05 | -0.06% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 17 hours | 85.30 | -0.05 | -0.06% | ||
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Central Alberta • 17 hours | 75.70 | -0.05 | -0.07% |
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Eagle Ford • 2 days | 79.21 | +0.04 | +0.05% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 2 days | 79.25 | +0.00 | +0.00% | ||
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Kansas Common • 3 days | 73.00 | -2.50 | -3.31% | ||
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Buena Vista • 3 days | 86.86 | -2.40 | -2.69% |
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The U.S. Won’t Sanction India For Buying Russian Oil
The United States will not enforce sanctions on India for its purchases of Russian crude oil despite the price cap that the G7, led by the U.S., imposed on Russian crude and oil derivatives last year.
This is what Asia News International reported in a tweet, citing a U.S. Assistant Secretary of State. The U.S. official was commenting on calls from Ukraine to impose sanctions on India for continuing to buy Russian crude.
"We're not looking to sanction India. Our partnership with India is one of our most consequential relationships," Karen Donfried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, said.
Even so, according to Geoffrey Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources, the purposes of the price cap are being served.
"Even though India isn't a participant in the price cap, it has effectively used its negotiating leverage which it derives from the price cap and the fact that large portions of the global market are no longer accessible to Russia, to drive down the price of Russian crude," he was quoted as saying by ANI.
Following the sanction barrage that the EU and G7 leveled at Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, India and China became the biggest buyers of Russian crude, taking advantage of steep discounts for Russia’s flagship Urals blend.
The change in Indian oil imports was particularly marked: while before the sanctions began Russia was a minor supplier of oil to the subcontinent, last year it became one of its biggest suppliers.
“Today we feel confident that we’ll be able to use our market to source from wherever we have to, from wherever we get beneficial terms,” India’s energy minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, told CNBC this week.
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“We didn’t allow the geopolitical turbulence or the pandemic or anything else to come in the way of our ability to supply to our consumer,” he added.
By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com
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The United Sates is aware of India’s stance on sanctions. Moreover, it wants to cultivate India as a counterbalance to China.
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