India ready with backup plan to replace Iran volumes: Jaipal Reddy

22 Jul 2011 Evaluate

Iran issued a new warning that it will halt crude oil supplies to India from August unless a mechanism is found to clear past dues. Since December, India and Iran have struggled to find ways for New Delhi to pay for imports of 400,000 barrels per day or 12 percent of its oil demand after the Reserve Bank of India halted a clearing mechanism under US pressure.

Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy on July 21 said, India is ready with backup plan to cope with a halt to supplies of crude Iran by adding further, he said, there will not be any oil shortage due to Iran halting supplies in August.  

However, petroleum minister did not share the details over the backup plans to increase the supply from alternate source to fill the gap arising because of Iranian halt. The halt from Iran can have significant impact on Asia’s third largest economy’s energy supply, as Iran supplies around 4 lakh barrels a day or 12 percent of India’s total crude oil supply.

As an alternate solution India is looking to increase its supply of crude oil from other suppliers such as Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.  Earlier this month, Iran had warned India, it will stop its oil supply to India if there is no solution on the payment problem. However, to protect its market share Iran had maintained its oil supply to India for seven months without payment, as India is the second largest buyer of Iranian crude oil price after China. 

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