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India has
\nsharply reduced crude oil imports from Iraq by an estimated 84% following a
\nseries of declines tied to Middle East tensions and constraints in the Strait
\nof Hormuz, data from Kpler showed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Shipments
\nfell to zero in March and April before partially recovering in May, when flows
\nresumed at only around 41,000 barrels per day (bpd) \u2014a steep drop from
\npre-disruption levels of 200,000\u2013300,000 bpd.<\/p>\n
Indian
\nrefiners have since shifted toward higher purchases from Latin America and
\nAfrica, including Venezuela, Brazil, Angola, and Nigeria. <\/p>\n
The
\nstrategic waterway has remained largely restricted since February 28 after the
\nUS\u2013Israel war on Iran, disrupting energy flows and limiting shipments across
\nthe region. Gulf producers, including Iraq \u2014through which roughly 95% of its
\noil exports pass via the corridor\u2014 have scaled back exports.<\/p>\n
Baghdad
\npreviously secured access<\/a> to the passage after Iran granted \u201cbrotherly Iraq\u201d an
\nexemption<\/a> from \u201cany restrictions imposed on the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d setting it
\napart from states Tehran considers hostile.<\/p>\n