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Saudi Aramco to take 50% stake in India's Rs 3-trn West Coast refinery

Saudi Arabia has traditionally been India's largest oil supplier, but in April-Jan period in 2016-17, Iraq replaced it

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The world’s largest oil producer, Saudi Aramco, signed a deal with India on Wednesday on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum (IEF) conference to pick up a 50 per cent stake in the Rs 3-trillion west coast refinery and petrochemicals project in Maharashtra. 
Expressing an interest in foraying into the petroleum retail business in India, the company signed a memorandum of understanding with the country’s three major oil- marketing firms — Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum (BPC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPC) — to build the proposed  Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals (RRPCL) in Maharashtra.  

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation is also in

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