Over 1.67Mln Tonnes of Crude Oil Bound for India Stuck in Strait of Hormuz - Official

NAMPA / Sputnik

2026-03-19

MOSCOW, March 19 (RIA Novosti) - More than 1.67 million tonnes of crude oil, 320,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and about 200,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) bound for India are stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, awaiting clearance, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, the Special Secretary of the Indian Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, said. "India's 1.67 million tonnes of crude oil, 3.2 lakh tonnes of LPG and about 2 lakh tonnes......

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