India is ready to increase energy imports from the United States as it seeks supplies from whichever source is most suitable to power the expansion of the world's most populous country, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri told Newsweek. India has increased energy imports from Russia in recent years, but Puri said it was pricing and availability and not ideology that would decide its energy choices.
"A few years ago, we didn't import any energy from the United States. Now we're importing about 15-20 billion dollars from the United States. It's entirely conceivable that we'll import more from the United States. There is more and more oil coming onto the international market, particularly from countries in the Western Hemisphere," he told Newsweek's Opportunity India podcast.
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