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Attacks on UAE vessels raise risks for Indian crude imports. But LPG, LNG supplies far more vulnerable

5 days ago Energy Market, INTERVIEWS, Media 0

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 6, 2026. | Stringer / REUTERS

India may avoid a crude supply crunch, but persistent attacks on Gulf shipping could raise freight, insurance and fuel costs, while putting LPG and LNG supplies at riskNew Delhi: Recent attacks on UAE’s state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) vessels and Saudi energy infrastructure are unlikely to leave India short …

Russian crude continues to make up 50% of India’s oil imports in July as Hormuz risks persist

July 16, 2026 ARTICLES, Energy Market, important, INTERVIEWS, Media 0

A view shows the Yan Dun Jiao 1 bulk carrier in the Vostochny container port in the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia. | Reuters

Russian oil remains India’s biggest supply cushion, but experts say LPG & LNG imports remain highly vulnerable to renewed Strait of Hormuz disruption.New Delhi: Amid renewed uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz, Russian crude continues to dominate India’s imports, averaging around 2.5 million barrels per day (mbpd) until 15 July, and …

Umud is a Washington-based Energy Strategist and Senior Foreign Policy advisor and author of US Energy Diplomacy in the Caspian Sea Basin: Changing Trends Since 2001. He is serving as Faculty Associate – at George Mason University. Umud holds a Ph.D. in International Relations. He comes with extensive expertise and professional experience in global energy market studies, energy security, the geopolitics of climate change, industrial policy for clean energy, as well as foreign policy in the context of climate change and energy transition.

His primary research interests lie in energy diplomacy and energy transition, U.S. energy policy, the geopolitics of energy, Iran-Turkey relations, as well as Iran-Russia relations, the Caspian Sea region, Central Asia and the GCC. He has written about the geopolitics of energy and natural gas, political economy of hydrocarbon states, sustainable cities and mobility, the pace and trajectory of energy transition, the geopolitics of US sanctions against Iran oil exports, and the geopolitics of energy in Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, Central Asia, and Caspian Sea Region.