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India’s state-run refiners IOC and BPCL have resumed Russian oil imports for September–October after discounts widened. The renewed buying could also squeeze supplies for China, intensifying competition between Asia’s biggest energy consumers.

According to commodity tracker Kpler, India’s imports of Russian crude have dropped to no more than 400,000 barrels a day this month, down from an average of 1.18 million barrels per day earlier this year.