{
  "id": 667437,
  "title": "Indian Refiners Seek 6 Million Barrels of Spot Crude",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/indian-refiners-seek-6-million-barrels-of-spot-crude",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T13:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Indian-Refiners-Seek-6-Million-Barrels-of-Spot-Crude.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Indian state-controlled oil refiners are seeking spot crude supplies due to constrained term deliveries caused by the crisis in the Middle East. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) are looking to buy a combined 6 million barrels of crude oil via spot tenders.\n\nHPCL is seeking up to 4 million barrels of crude for delivery in September and October, while MRPL is seeking up to 2 million barrels for delivery on October 10-20, according to Hindu BusinessLine.\n\nMRPL has asked its suppliers to avoid using the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, amid continued hostilities in West Asia, which has kept shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz low.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindu BusinessLine",
        "title": "HPCL, MRPL seek up to six million barrels crude, documents show",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/hpcl-mrpl-seek-up-to-six-million-barrels-crude-documents-show",
        "published": "2026-08-12T08:27:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}