India's palm oil imports in February fell 18% from a month prior because of higher prices, while sunflower oil imports plunged 50% as supplies from the Black Sea region were disrupted
Domestic fuel prices - which are directly linked to international oil prices - have not been revised for a record 110 days in a row
On the other hand, the share of African oil plunged to a 16-month low of around 9.7%, or about 419,000 bpd, the data showed.
Import bill likely to be a three-year high
India, the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer that imports over 80% of its oil needs, is mirroring a model adopted by some other countries.
India is the world's biggest importer of edible oils and higher purchases of sunflower oil could help exporters such as Argentina, Russia and Ukraine to dispose of surplus output.
India has taken up the issue of high oil prices with producer nations and OPEC, demanding affordable rates, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli told the Lok Sabha on Monday.
Modi aimed at lowering it by at least 10 per cent by 2022 - to coincide with the platinum jubilee of India's independence
India, the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer, relies on overseas supplies for over 80% of its oil needs.
India, world's third biggest oil importer, in March directed refiners to diversify crude sources after OPEC and its allies, led by top exporter Saudi Arabia, ignored Delhi's call to ease supply curbs
India's May crude oil imports slipped to their lowest in three months as fuel demand sagged amid a second wave of the pandemic that crimped economic activity and mobility, data showed on Monday
Last week, after chasing India to develop the field for 13 years, Iran announced that it will develop the offshore gas field, which runs along the country's maritime border with Saudi Arabia
Q4 numbers were boosted by inventory gains
Indian oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday thanked Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern oil producers for supplying liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to help the country in its battle with the Covid
India-Saudi relationship must survive oil price dispute
India will look to resume buying crude oil from Iran the moment US sanctions are eased, helping it diversify its import basket, a senior government official said
West Texas Intermediate slid 0.6%, though remains within the $5 range it has traded in since mid-March
Indian refiners plan to cut imports from the Kingdom by about a quarter in May, sources said, dropping them to 10.8 million barrels from monthly average of 14.7-14.8 million barrels
The first cargo from new oil producer Guyana to the world's third-largest crude importer, India, departed this month from a production facility off the South American nation's coast
The first cargo from new oil producer Guyana to the world's third-largest crude importer, India, departed this month from a production facility off the South American nation's coast in a vessel