NEW DELHI: Russia's Rosneft bought 700,000 tonnes of Urals oil loading from Baltic ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga in Could to Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation's high refiner, two merchants accustomed to the matter instructed Reuters on Friday.
Rosneft allotted seven cargoes of 100,000 tonnes every loading between Could 15 and 31 to IOC, in response to the merchants.
In Could IOC will load Rosneft-sourced Urals oil volumes from Baltic ports for the primary time. Beforehand the most important consumers of the cargoes have been buying and selling corporations Vitol and Trafigura.
Nonetheless, worldwide merchants will cease purchases of oil from Rosneft after Could 15 as EU sanctions over a number of Russian firms come into impact.

Final December IOC and Rosneft signed a time period contract for provide of as much as 2 million tonnes of Urals oil till the tip of 2022. Underneath the settlement IOC has purchased a number of Urals cargoes from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk this yr.
It was not instantly clear if the Could provides come as part of the prevailing contract or as part of the brand new settlement.
Final week Reuters sources mentioned that Rosneft was negotiating provide offers with a number of Indian refiners together with IOC.
Rosneft and Indian oil representatives didn't instantly reply to Reuters requests for remark.
India has requested state-run power firms to guage the potential for shopping for European oil main BP's stake in sanctions-hit Russian agency Rosneft, two individuals accustomed to the matter mentioned in late April.