NEW DELHI: Indian oil firms like IOC have optional volumes built of their annual crude oil acquire contracts with suppliers like Saudi Arabia and Iraq that might be more than enough to make up for any shortfall in supplies from sanctions-hit Iran, senior officers said on Monday.
India had shrunk to import about 25 million tonnes of crude oil from Iran in the fiscal yr 2018-19 (April 2018 to March 2019), up from 22.6 million tonnes imported in 2017-18.
"We have optional volumes built in with all our term suppliers. These optional volumes can be taken at any time of the year and would be more than sufficient to make up for any shortfall that may arise because of US sanctions against Iran," a top legitimate at a state-run refiner said.
India, the arena's third-biggest oil consumer, meets more than 80% of its oil wishes via imports. Iran is its third-largest supplier after Iraq and Saudi Arabia and meets about 10% of general wishes.
US sanctions against Iran oil sector kick in from November 4 that can block all cost routes to the Persian Gulf nation.
Officials said supplies from Iran is probably not an issue till month finish, leaving only five months of shrunk supplies in peril.
Those volumes can also be simply covered through exercising optional volumes to be had in contracts with Saudi Arabia, Iraq and different suppliers.
"Every year when we sign term contracts with suppliers, there is an optional volume built in. This volume is to take care of any exigencies. Such optional volume is more than enough to make up for five months of Iranian oil supplies," an legitimate said. "We have all plans in place for supplement any lost Iranian volume."
Officials said Indian refineries is probably not impacted although Iranian oil imports were to fully prevent, but New Delhi is keen to continue purchasing oil from its conventional ally.
Last week, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan had stated that two state refiners have positioned orders for importing crude oil from Iran in November, the month when US sanctions on Iranian oil purchases take impact.
Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) have in combination positioned orders for 1.25 million tonnes of crude oil from Iran.
After US sanctions against Iran, paying in rupee is an choice. Iran can use the rupee to settle its imports of prescription drugs and different items from India.
While India needs to continue importing Iranian oil, albeit a reduced quantity, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo final month stated that Washington would consider waivers at the embargo but made it transparent that these can be time-limited, if granted.
IOC had planned to import nine million tonnes of Iranian oil in the 2018-19 financial yr or zero.75 million tonnes a month. For November, it has shrunk its standard quantity.
For rupee bills, oil firms may use UCO Bank or IDBI Bank to course oil bills to Iran, sources said.
India's actual import from Iran is also a ways not up to the shrunk volumes as firms like Reliance Industries have utterly stopped purchasing oil from Iran and others too are scaling it down in hope of profitable a sanction waiver from america. Nayara Energy, previously Essar Oil, too is preventing import from the Persian Gulf nation.
US President Donald Trump in May withdrew from the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, re-imposing financial sanctions against the Persian Gulf nation. Some sanctions took impact from August 6, while those affecting the oil and banking sectors will get started from November 4.
Sources said Iran is open to accepting rupee cost for oil and may use the money to pay for apparatus and meals pieces it buys from India.
UCO Bank and IDBI Bank have been identified to course the cost as the two have no publicity to america financial device.
UCO Bank had in the earlier spherical of sanctions handled rupee bills.
Currently, India will pay its third largest oil supplier in euros using European banking channels. These channels would get blocked from November.
During the primary spherical of sanctions when EU joined america in implementing financial restrictions, India to begin with used a Turkish bank to pay Iran for the oil it bought, but beginning February 2013 paid nearly part of the oil import bill in rupees while keeping the rest pending till the outlet of cost routes. It started clearing the dues in 2015 when the restrictions were eased.
Besides, New Delhi sought to get across the restrictions through supplying items, together with wheat, soybean meal and consumer products, to Iran in alternate for oil.
Sources said this time around all the 100% of Iranian oil import bill can also be paid in rupees.
Iran used to be India's second greatest supplier of crude oil after Saudi Arabia till 2010-11 but Western sanctions over its suspected nuclear programme relegated it to the 7th spot in the next years. In the 2013-14 and 2014-15, India bought 11 million tonnes and 10.95 million tonnes respectively from it.
Sourcing from Iran larger to 12.7 million tonnes in 2015-16, giving it the 6th spot. In the next yr, the Iranian supplies jumped to 27.2 million tonnes to catapult it to the third spot.
Iranian oil is a lucrative purchase for refiners because the Persian Gulf nation supplies 60 days of credit for purchases, phrases now not to be had from suppliers of substitute crudes -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Nigeria, and america.
Besides blocking off of banking channels from November, the absence of cost mechanism may pose a problem to the transportation of the oil as Iranian crude is bought on a CIF foundation and shipped on Iranian tankers.
Under Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) mode of transport, the seller assumes the accountability of transportation and insurance coverage. The liability and prices associated with a success transit are paid through the seller till the products are received through the consumer.
Also, insurance coverage firms will not be willing to offer cover to refineries processing Iranian oil.
India had shrunk to import about 25 million tonnes of crude oil from Iran in the fiscal yr 2018-19 (April 2018 to March 2019), up from 22.6 million tonnes imported in 2017-18.
"We have optional volumes built in with all our term suppliers. These optional volumes can be taken at any time of the year and would be more than sufficient to make up for any shortfall that may arise because of US sanctions against Iran," a top legitimate at a state-run refiner said.
India, the arena's third-biggest oil consumer, meets more than 80% of its oil wishes via imports. Iran is its third-largest supplier after Iraq and Saudi Arabia and meets about 10% of general wishes.
US sanctions against Iran oil sector kick in from November 4 that can block all cost routes to the Persian Gulf nation.
Officials said supplies from Iran is probably not an issue till month finish, leaving only five months of shrunk supplies in peril.
Those volumes can also be simply covered through exercising optional volumes to be had in contracts with Saudi Arabia, Iraq and different suppliers.
"Every year when we sign term contracts with suppliers, there is an optional volume built in. This volume is to take care of any exigencies. Such optional volume is more than enough to make up for five months of Iranian oil supplies," an legitimate said. "We have all plans in place for supplement any lost Iranian volume."
Officials said Indian refineries is probably not impacted although Iranian oil imports were to fully prevent, but New Delhi is keen to continue purchasing oil from its conventional ally.
Last week, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan had stated that two state refiners have positioned orders for importing crude oil from Iran in November, the month when US sanctions on Iranian oil purchases take impact.
Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) have in combination positioned orders for 1.25 million tonnes of crude oil from Iran.
After US sanctions against Iran, paying in rupee is an choice. Iran can use the rupee to settle its imports of prescription drugs and different items from India.
While India needs to continue importing Iranian oil, albeit a reduced quantity, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo final month stated that Washington would consider waivers at the embargo but made it transparent that these can be time-limited, if granted.
IOC had planned to import nine million tonnes of Iranian oil in the 2018-19 financial yr or zero.75 million tonnes a month. For November, it has shrunk its standard quantity.
For rupee bills, oil firms may use UCO Bank or IDBI Bank to course oil bills to Iran, sources said.
India's actual import from Iran is also a ways not up to the shrunk volumes as firms like Reliance Industries have utterly stopped purchasing oil from Iran and others too are scaling it down in hope of profitable a sanction waiver from america. Nayara Energy, previously Essar Oil, too is preventing import from the Persian Gulf nation.
US President Donald Trump in May withdrew from the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, re-imposing financial sanctions against the Persian Gulf nation. Some sanctions took impact from August 6, while those affecting the oil and banking sectors will get started from November 4.
Sources said Iran is open to accepting rupee cost for oil and may use the money to pay for apparatus and meals pieces it buys from India.
UCO Bank and IDBI Bank have been identified to course the cost as the two have no publicity to america financial device.
UCO Bank had in the earlier spherical of sanctions handled rupee bills.
Currently, India will pay its third largest oil supplier in euros using European banking channels. These channels would get blocked from November.
During the primary spherical of sanctions when EU joined america in implementing financial restrictions, India to begin with used a Turkish bank to pay Iran for the oil it bought, but beginning February 2013 paid nearly part of the oil import bill in rupees while keeping the rest pending till the outlet of cost routes. It started clearing the dues in 2015 when the restrictions were eased.
Besides, New Delhi sought to get across the restrictions through supplying items, together with wheat, soybean meal and consumer products, to Iran in alternate for oil.
Sources said this time around all the 100% of Iranian oil import bill can also be paid in rupees.
Iran used to be India's second greatest supplier of crude oil after Saudi Arabia till 2010-11 but Western sanctions over its suspected nuclear programme relegated it to the 7th spot in the next years. In the 2013-14 and 2014-15, India bought 11 million tonnes and 10.95 million tonnes respectively from it.
Sourcing from Iran larger to 12.7 million tonnes in 2015-16, giving it the 6th spot. In the next yr, the Iranian supplies jumped to 27.2 million tonnes to catapult it to the third spot.
Iranian oil is a lucrative purchase for refiners because the Persian Gulf nation supplies 60 days of credit for purchases, phrases now not to be had from suppliers of substitute crudes -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Nigeria, and america.
Besides blocking off of banking channels from November, the absence of cost mechanism may pose a problem to the transportation of the oil as Iranian crude is bought on a CIF foundation and shipped on Iranian tankers.
Under Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) mode of transport, the seller assumes the accountability of transportation and insurance coverage. The liability and prices associated with a success transit are paid through the seller till the products are received through the consumer.
Also, insurance coverage firms will not be willing to offer cover to refineries processing Iranian oil.
India has optional volumes from Saudi, others to make up for shortfall from Iran
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