India yesterday received the first shipment of crude oil from the US, which will process at a refinery near Odisha's Paradip Port. The shipment was met by US Consul General to Hyderabad Katherine Hadda, Joint Secretary for International Cooperation from the Ministry for Petroleum and Natural Gas Sunjay Sudhir and Joint Secretary, Americas Division, from the Ministry of External Affairs Munu Mahawar. This is one of the first shipment to India since the US stopped oil exports in 1975, and follows recent commitments to the US oil purchases by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Bharat Petroleum (BPCL). The IOC and BPCL have placed orders for over 2 million barrels from the US.