MOSCOW: Russia supplied a record volume of crude oil to China in September, dislodging Saudi Arabia to become the Asian giant’s top supplier, data from the Chinese customs showed.
China bought 4.042 million tonnes of crude oil from Russia last month, or about 983,590 barrels per day, up 42 percent from a year earlier.
Imports from Saudi Arabia were down 16.5 percent on the year, at about 961,710 bpd, the data showed.






