India sharply increased its purchases of Russian oil in March—the volume rose by roughly 90% compared with February, the Times of India reports, citing data from the analytics firm Kpler.
Even so, that was not enough to offset the loss of supplies from the Middle East amid the war—the country’s total oil imports fell by nearly 15%.
In April, India is expected to begin receiving oil from Venezuela, while supplies from Iran have not been ruled out either.
Supplies of liquefied natural gas from Qatar have all but collapsed—a decline of 92%. That shortfall was partly offset by a sharp increase in purchases from the United States, Oman, Angola, and Nigeria.
Imports of liquefied petroleum gas fell by 40%—the missing volumes are being partly replaced by higher domestic production and by restricting supplies to commercial and industrial consumers.