TOI | We're open to buying oil from anywhere: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

Dec 17,2022

During the India Energy Week 2023 in Bengaluru, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on December 17 said that India would buy oil from anywhere in the world. “Our cooperation with Russia on energy is very widespread. We used to buy limited quantities of oil from Russia up to 31st March 2022 which's 0.2%. 

Now Russia has become a prominent supplier with UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait,” said Hardeep Singh Puri. “Earlier we purchased oil from 29 countries now we purchase from 39 countries. We're open to buying oil from anywhere. It's a dynamic situation, neither we let the energy shortage happen nor its affordability was affected,” he added.