India’s Reliance Industries Ltd, operator of the world’s largest refining complicated, on Thursday mentioned it can contemplate shopping for Venezuelan oil if permitted on the market to non-US patrons.
“We await readability on entry for Venezuelan oil by non-US patrons and can contemplate shopping for the oil in a compliant method,” a Reliance Industries Spokesperson mentioned in response to a Reuters e-mail searching for feedback.
Caracas and Washington have reached a deal this week to export as much as US$2 billion price of Venezuelan crude, some 30-50 million barrels, to america after US forces captured President Nicolas Maduro on January 3.
Reliance stopped shopping for Venezuelan oil from March 2026 after america introduced a 25 per cent tariff on nations shopping for crude from the South American nation. The conglomerate obtained its final parcel of Venezuelan oil in Could.
Reliance’s two refineries in western Gujarat state can course of about 1.4 million barrels per day of crude oil.
The complexity of these vegetation permits it to course of cheaper and heavier crudes similar to Merey from Venezuela.
