Last week, IOC purchased 3 million barrels of crude for August loading, including one very large crude carrier (VLCC) comprising West African sweet grades Nigerian Qua Iboe BFO-QUA and Congolese Nkossa, and 1 million barrels of Malaysian Kikeh, traders said. [ID:nL05859556]
IOC bought a hefty 12 million barrels of West African crude for July loading as well as 600,000 barrels of Libyan Mellitah crude and 600,000 barrels of Malaysian Miri crude.
IOC has about 10 refineries spread across India with a total capacity of 1.204 million barrels per day (bpd) and tenders several times a month, mainly for sweet West African grades. (Reporting by James Topham; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
From in.reuters.com