Hindustan Petroleum makes its first US oil purchase: Chairman MK Surana

Indian state refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp has made its first purchase of U.S. oil, buying high sulphur crude Mars in a tender, company chairman M. K. Surana said on Monday.

By: Reuters | New Delhi | Published: September 25, 2017 7:04 PM

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Indian state refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp has made its first purchase of U.S. oil, buying high sulphur crude Mars in a tender, company chairman M. K. Surana said on Monday. Earlier Indian Oil Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp , both state refiners, had purchased the U.S. oil through tenders. HPCL has bought 1 million barrels of Mars oil from trader Trafigura for delivery in December at the southern Indian port of Vizag, he said.