Reliance Industries rejected claims related to import of oil from Russia at its Jamnagar refinery. Reliance strictly said that such news is completely wrong and is tarnishing the company’s image. Referring to a Bloomberg News report, Reliance said it has not received any Russian oil in the last three weeks and does not expect any crude delivery from Russia this month. Reliance also expressed disappointment that its denial of this claim was not mentioned in the report. Reliance said these things on X (formerly Twitter).
What did Reliance Industries say?
Reliance said that the claim made in the report of news agency Bloomberg that three ships carrying Russian oil were heading towards the Jamnagar refinery of Reliance Industries Limited is wrong. Reliance also expressed disappointment that its refutation was allegedly ignored when the report was being published. The company says that Reliance Industries’ Jamnagar refinery has not received any consignment of Russian oil in the last three weeks and there is no expectation of any delivery of crude oil from Russia in January also. The company expressed regret that Reliance had also denied purchasing oil from Russia, but its statement was ignored and a wrong report was published, which tarnished the company’s image.
What was in the report?
Bloomberg published a report titled ‘Ships with Russian oil signal reliance on plant as destination’. It was claimed that according to shipping details, crude oil from Russia is moving towards the west coast of India. According to Bloomberg, a Reliance spokesperson had denied that the company had purchased these cargoes and the spokesperson had also said that no consignment of crude oil would be arriving from Russia for delivery in January.