India's Venezuelan oil imports in June highest.

PositionJune 2019 imports of 475,200 barrels per day

India's oil imports from Venezuela surged to about 475,200 barrels per day (bpd) in June, more than double the previous month and highest in 21 months, data from shipping and industry sources showed. Washington imposed sanctions on Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA in January to put pressure on socialist President Nicolas Maduro. These sanctions have driven away many customers of Venezuelan oil, leaving supplies for some refiners.

Private refiners Reliance Industries and Nayara Energy, part owned by Russian oil major Rosneft, are the only...

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