TABLE-Reliance Sept crude imports up 4.5 pct to 1.28 mln bpd

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Reliance Industries (RELI.BO: Quote, Profile, Research), owner of
the world's biggest refining complex, imported nearly 55,000
barrels per day (bpd) or 4.5 percent more crude in September
versus August, including the first ever purchase of Chinese
grade Penglai, shipping data from sources showed.

Reliance imported about 1.279 million bpd crude in
September, up from about 1.224 million bpd the month before and
around 573,770 bpd a year ago, according to the data supplied
to Reuters by trade sources. [ID:nDEL501310]

Source Sept 2009 Aug 2009 Sept 2009 pct chg

vs yr ago
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Angola 164,660 227,290 30,750 436.00

Brazil 64,970 66,930 -- --

China 23,820 -- -- --

Congo 31,010 61,470 -- --

Dubai -- 16,140 -- --

Ecuador 39,120 -- -- --

Egypt 20,030 60,090 18,290 9.50

Iran 152,500 112,280 78,320 95.00

Iraq 33,350 -- -- --

Mexico 63,880 61,770 -- --

Neutral Zone 278,290 128,930 76,190 265.00

Oman 136,840 70,080 -- --

Qatar -- 35,170 33,700 -100.00

Saudi Arabia 180,550 244,580 243,640 -26.00

Sudan 21,700 20,090 -- --

UAE -- 15,510 25,170 -100.00

Venezuela 68,570 -- 67,720 1.25

UK -- 40,540 -- --

Yemen -- 63,400 -- --
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Total 1,279,290 1,224,300 573,770 123.00
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**NOTE: The numbers may not total as they have been rounded
off after converting data in tonnes into barrels using a
conversion factor of 7.2.

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma)