Indian oil refiners lining up oil cargoes to meet local demand, official says

A worker walks atop a tanker wagon to check the freight level at an oil terminal on the outskirts of Kolkata November 27, 2013. (Photo: Reuters/File)

NEW DELHI, April 17 (Reuters) – Indian oil refiners ​are doing their ‌best to line-up oil cargoes to ​meet local demand, ​an Indian government official ⁠said on ​Friday, after the United ​States decided not to extend a waiver ​from sanctions on ​crude purchases from Russia ‌and ⁠Iran.

The U.S. waiver for sanctioned Russian oil purchases expired ​on ​April ⁠11 and the exemption on ​Iranian oil ​is ⁠due to end on April 19.