Post Saudi attack, India in talks with Russia to up crude supply

NEW DELHI: India and Russia have discussed ways of increasing Russian crude supplies to Indian refineries following a devastating attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities that has cut its output in half and reduced global supplies by 5%.

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Russian energy giant Rosneft’s CEO Igor Sechin met on Tuesday in New Delhi to discuss the global supply situation as well as the ongoing energy cooperation between the two countries.