Reliance denies receiving Russian oil deliveries in past three weeks

Reliance Industries of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani has finally broken his silence on reports claiming three vessels laden with Russian Oil are heading for its Jamnagar refinery. The Ambani company said it has not received any Russian barrels in almost three weeks and none are expected in January.

On Tuesday, it called a Bloomberg report claiming 'three vessels laden with Russian oil are headed for Reliance's Jamnagar refinery as 'blatantly untrue'. "Reliance Industries' Jamangar refinery has not received any cargo of Russian oil at its refinery in the past three weeks approx. and is not expecting any Russian crude oil deliveries in January," the company said in a statement on X.

The Bloomberg report had cited data analytics firm Kpler to say at least three tankers, laden with nearly 2.2 million barrels of urals (a grade of Russian crude), were headed towards the Sikka port -- through which Jamnagar refining complex sources a bulk of its crude imports. However, Sikka is also the port that is used by non-Reliance companies.