India may top up strategic tanks with Saudi, UAE oil
India plans to take advantage of low prices for oil from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to top up its strategic petroleum reserves (SPR), two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Global oil prices have fallen around 40% in March as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has destroyed demand, while supplies are growing following Moscow’s refusal to back deeper output cuts at a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies.
Leading Opec producers Saudi Arabia and the UAE have said they will increase output while cutting prices, giving big consumers the chance to fill up at discounted prices.
