Key highlights:

  • India will tomorrow receive its first ever shipment of US crude oil 
  • Indian Oil Corp (IOC) in early July booked the first US cargo
  • The ship carrying 1.6 million barrels of US crude will reach Paradip sometime around midnight tonight

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India will tomorrow receive its first ever shipment of US crude oil when a very large crude carrier (VLCC) docks at Paradip port in Odisha.

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) in early July booked the first US cargo, opening floodgates that saw other state-owned refiners including Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) rush to buy US crude oil.

"The ship carrying 1.6 million barrels of US crude will reach Paradip sometime around midnight tonight or early tomorrow morning," IOC Chairman Sanjiv Singh told

 

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