Adani group bans sanctioned ships at ports

NEW DELHI: India's largest private port operator, Adani Group, has banned entry of tankers that are sanctioned by Western countries at all of its ports - sources said and documents show - a move that could hit Russian oil supplies for two Indian refiners that regularly get Russian oil delivered at Adani's Mundra Port in Gujarat.

India is the biggest buyer of Russian seaborne oil, mostly shipped on tankers that are sanctioned by the European Union, the US and Britain.

HPCL-Mittal Energy, which operates a 226,000-barrels per day Bathinda refinery in northern Punjab, gets all of its crude supplies at the Mundra Port.

The port is also used by Indian Oil Corp, the country's biggest refiner, for oil imports. IOC gets crude supplies for its 10 refineries at multiple ports in India.

Adani, IOC and HMEL had no immediate comment when reached out. REUTERS