India Officials Say Russia Oil Imports to Drop on Tighter Checks
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Indian officials said they expect oil imports from Russia will drop to 800,000 barrels a day this month, after they tightened checks to ensure compliance with Western curbs. Increased scrutiny at ports and from banks has been rolled out in recent weeks, the officials said, asking not to be named discussing sensitive information. India took around 1.9 million barrels a day of Russian oil in November, they said. Data firm Kpler said last week that shipments could be about 1.3 million barrels a day this month.