New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- Petroleum minister Hardeep Puri on Monday said that India is open to importing crude oil from all possible sources to meets its demand.

Addressing a press conference a day ahead of the India Energy Week 2025, the Union minister recalled how India diversified its crude imports from 27 countries to 40 countries.

Argentina is the new addition, he told reporters.

"From 27 suppliers, we have now 40 suppliers. We added another Argentina the other day. So we've got imports from 40 countries," he said.

The imports from those suppliers though vary based on price advantage or in some instance because of proximity advantage.

US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Iraq are among the big suppliers of crude to India.

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