NEW DELHI, March 29 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries, owner of the world's
biggest refining complex, imported about 16.3 percent less oil in February than the previous
month, according to data from shipping sources and industry.
The sources declined to be identified as they were not authorized to speak with media.
The private refiner shipped in about 26 percent from Latin America in February, compared
with about 33 percent in January, while the share of Middle Eastern grades in its overall
purchases increased to 60 percent from about 57 percent.
The share of African grades in its overall purchases rose to 14.4 percent in February from
about 6.5 percent.
Following are details of Reliance's crude and condensate imports. Volumes are in 1,000 bpd:
Country/Reg Feb Jan Pct Chg Feb Pct Chg Jan-Feb Jan-Feb %chg
ion 2018 2018 mth/mth 2017 yr/yr 2018 2017 yr/yr
Latam
Brazil 70.2 33.5 109.7 89.2 -21.3 50.9 122.9 -58.6
Ecuador 0.0 0.0 -- 77.2 -100.0 0.0 36.6 -100.0
Mexico 131.6 71.2 85.0 0.0 -- 99.9 36.8 171.0
Venezuela 128.0 392.4 -67.4 292.6 -56.2 266.9 275.7 -3.2
TOTAL 329.9 497.1 -33.6 459.0 -28.1 417.7 472.1 -11.5
Asia
Australia 0.0 23.9 -100.0 0.0 -- 12.5 0.0 --
TOTAL 0.0 23.9 -100.0 0.0 -- 12.5 0.0 --
Middle East
Oman 35.2 52.5 -32.9 0.0 -- 44.3 0.0 --
Iran 146.0 49.8 193.1 0.0 -- 95.4 59.8 59.6
Iraq 180.6 290.1 -37.7 152.7 18.3 238.1 174.9 36.1
Qatar 57.7 0.0 -- 40.9 40.8 27.4 53.6 -49.0
Kuwait 0.0 32.0 -100.0 0.0 -- 16.8 0.0 --
S. Arabia 221.1 241.3 -8.4 213.0 3.8 231.7 332.8 -30.4
U.A.E. 114.7 133.2 -13.8 95.9 19.6 124.4 94.2 32.1
Dubai 0.0 0.0 -- 17.5 -100.0 0.0 16.6 -100.0
Yemen 0.0 66.1 -100.0 0.0 -- 34.7 0.0 --
TOTAL 755.3 864.9 -12.7 520.1 45.2 812.9 732.0 11.1
C.I.S.
Kazakhstan 0.0 30.7 -100.0 0.0 -- 16.1 16.5 -2.6
TOTAL 0.0 30.7 -100.0 0.0 -- 16.1 16.5 -2.6
Africa
Nigeria 63.5 26.3 141.8 65.9 -3.6 44.0 64.1 -31.4
Chad 34.9 0.0 -- 0.0 -- 16.6 16.6 -0.5
Egypt 36.8 17.5 110.0 39.4 -6.6 26.6 37.3 -28.5
Gabon 0.0 33.2 -100.0 0.0 -- 17.4 0.0 --
Sudan 23.5 0.0 -- 0.0 -- 11.1 0.0 --
Eq. Guinea 24.3 20.8 16.6 0.0 -- 22.5 0.0 --
TOTAL 182.9 97.8 87.1 105.3 73.8 138.2 118.0 17.1
TOTAL ALL 1268.1 1514.3 -16.3 1084.4 16.9 1397.5 1338.6 4.4
NOTE: The total may not tally as numbers in tonnes have been rounded off after converting them
into barrels per day using a conversion factor of 7.2 barrels per tonne divided by the number of
days.
Numbers for previous months have been revised.
Data also includes some crude parcels that arrived in January but discharged in February. It
also includes some parcels that arrived in February and were discharged in March.
(Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Biju Dwarakanath)