HPCL buys West Africa crude for Rajasthan refinery, sources say

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NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE - India's Hindustan Petroleum Corp has bought two million barrels of oil from West Africa via ‌a tender ⁠for ⁠its 180,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in the desert state of Rajasthan, trade sources said on Tuesday.

HPCL bought Nigeria's Okwuibome ⁠and Utapate ‌crude from trader Glencore for HPCL Rajasthan ⁠Refinery Ltd (HRRL), the people said. The oil will arrive in late September.
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The price for the deal was not immediately clear.

The companies ‌do not typically comment on their ​trades.

HPCL ​has a ⁠74% stake in HRRL while the Rajasthan government owns the ​rest.