Indian refiner Reliance's April Russian oil imports down 38% m/m, data shows
NEW DELHI, May 25 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries RELI.NS, operator of the world's biggest refining complex, imported about 217,800 barrels per day (bpd) of Russian oil in April, down 37.9% from the month before, according to ship tracking data obtained from industry sources.
In April, Reliance also imported Iranian oil after a gap of seven years following a temporary waiver granted by Washington to help stabilise global oil prices.
Russian oil accounted for about 16.7% of Reliance's overall crude imports in April, down from 26.3% in the previous month, the data showed.
Reliance's overall monthly imports declined about 2.2% to 1.3 million bpd, the data showed, ahead of maintenance shutdown of units at one of its refineries.
Country/Region |
April 2026 |
March 2026 |
%Chg mth/mth |
April 2025 |
%Chg yr/yr |
Jan-April 2026 |
Jan-April 2025 |
%Chg yr/yr |
Latin America |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brazil |
195.0 |
22.0 |
784.8 |
46.7 |
317.3 |
98.6 |
23.3 |
323.6 |
Colombia |
70.7 |
67.0 |
5.5 |
70.5 |
0.3 |
105.0 |
61.2 |
71.5 |
Ecuador |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-- |
0.0 |
-- |
0.0 |
8.7 |
-100.0 |
Mexico |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-- |
0.0 |
-- |
0.0 |
24.0 |
-100.0 |
Venezuela |
247.4 |
0.0 |
-- |
70.3 |
251.8 |
61.8 |
76.6 |
-19.2 |
TOTAL |
513.1 |
89.1 |
476.1 |
187.5 |
173.6 |
265.4 |
193.8 |
37.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Middle East |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Neutral zone |
0.0 |
14.2 |
-100.0 |
0.0 |
-- |
8.7 |
43.2 |
-79.8 |
Iran |
63.8 |
0.0 |
-- |
0.0 |
-- |
15.9 |
0.0 |
-- |
Iraq |
0.0 |
99.6 |
-100.0 |
199.5 |
-100.0 |
125.5 |
205.8 |
-39.0 |
Qatar |
36.3 |
64.3 |
-43.5 |
0.0 |
-- |
78.2 |
4.2 |
1758.9 |
Kuwait |
0.0 |
37.0 |
-100.0 |
0.0 |
-- |
68.1 |
22.0 |
209.8 |
S. Arabia |
133.6 |
333.0 |
-59.9 |
113.6 |
17.6 |
258.9 |
144.3 |
79.4 |
U.A.E. |
250.1 |
98.3 |
154.3 |
0.0 |
-- |
162.3 |
44.2 |
267.2 |
TOTAL |
483.8 |
646.4 |
-25.2 |
313.1 |
54.5 |
717.6 |
463.6 |
54.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CIS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kazakhstan |
0.0 |
31.2 |
-100.0 |
62.9 |
-100.0 |
8.1 |
45.0 |
-82.1 |
Russia |
217.8 |
350.4 |
-37.9 |
826.0 |
-73.6 |
181.1 |
542.8 |
-66.6 |
TOTAL |
217.8 |
381.7 |
-42.9 |
888.9 |
-75.5 |
189.2 |
587.9 |
-67.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Africa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Angola |
0.0 |
32.4 |
-100.0 |
0.0 |
-- |
8.4 |
0.0 |
-- |
Congo |
0.0 |
60.0 |
-100.0 |
0.0 |
-- |
15.5 |
7.7 |
100.4 |
Chad |
22.3 |
0.0 |
-- |
0.0 |
-- |
5.6 |
0.0 |
-- |
Sudan |
0.0 |
22.9 |
-100.0 |
0.0 |
-- |
11.1 |
0.0 |
-- |
TOTAL |
22.3 |
115.3 |
-80.7 |
0.0 |
-- |
40.6 |
7.7 |
423.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canada |
68.0 |
66.7 |
2.0 |
69.5 |
-2.1 |
69.4 |
65.8 |
5.5 |
USA |
0.0 |
34.9 |
-100.0 |
0.0 |
-- |
23.9 |
0.0 |
-- |
TOTAL ALL |
1305.0 |
1334.1 |
-2.2 |
1459.0 |
-10.6 |
1306.1 |
1318.7 |
-1.0 |
NOTE: The total may not tally as numbers in tonnes have been rounded after converting them into barrels per day using a conversion factor of 7.2 barrels per tonne, to reflect the higher density crude the company buys, divided by the number of days.
Numbers for previous months have been revised.
Data also includes some crude parcels that arrived in April, but discharged in May. It also includes some parcels that arrived in March and were discharged in April.