据1月15日Neftegaz.RU.新德里报道，印度石油部长达门德拉·普拉丹(Dharmendra Pradhan)表示，印度正在探索从俄罗斯进口原油的途径。普拉丹对俄罗斯媒体代表团表示:“我们正在研究使原油供应来源多样化的战略，同时我们也在探索从俄罗斯进口原油的途径。”

印度炼油商一直在全球各地寻找原油，以减少对中东地区的依赖。普拉丹表示：“我们热衷于探索通过俄罗斯北极地区获取原油和液化天然气的新航线。这条路线有可能降低从俄罗斯向印度运输液化天然气的成本和时间。”

并指出，俄罗斯和印度之间的关系将在未来达到新的高度。2019年是具有里程碑意义的一年，这一年，印度和俄罗斯之间的双边关系达到前所未有的紧密程度。

王佳晶 摘译自 Neftegaz.RU.

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D.Pradhan: India exploring ways to source crude oil from Russia

India is exploring ways to source crude oil from Russia, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said, ET Bureau reported. “We are working on the strategy to diversify our crude oil supply sources and we are now exploring ways to import crude from Russia as well,” Pradhan told a Russian media delegation.

Indian refiners have been seeking crude oil from different parts of the globe to reduce their dependence on the conflict-prone Middle-East region that currently makes up about 60 percent of its imports.

“We are keen to explore the new sea route to source crude oil and LNG through Russia’s Arctic. The route has the potential to cut the cost and time for transporting LNG from Russia to India, " D.Pradhan said.

Indian Oil Minister told the media delegation that relations between Russia and India would reach new heights in times to come. “2019 was a landmark year which boosted the bilateral relations between India and Russia to hitherto unscaled heights, " he said.