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Houthi attacks on Russian oil tankers complicate things for Indian refiners

The unexpected missile attack on Panama-registered Pollux, which loaded crude at the Sheshkaris oil terminal in the Russian port of Novorossiysk on January 24 and was scheduled to deliver the medium, sour Urals grade to Paradip port on February 28, has queered the pitch for Indian purchases of Russian crude, the country's biggest oil supplier. According to reports, the tanker was struck northwest of Yemen's Mokha port in the Red Sea.