US wants to sell India as much energy as it'll buy: Marco Rubio ahead of Delhi visit

Key points

• As turmoil in West Asia continues to shake global energy markets, the United States is moving to position itself as a bigger energy supplier to India, one of the world's largest crude importers.
• Ahead of his first visit to New Delhi, beginning May 23, Marco Rubio said Washington wants to sell India "as much energy as they'll buy" as uncertainty grows over disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
• Read Full Story "We want to sell them as much energy as they'll buy.
• And obviously, you've seen, I think we're at historic levels of US production, and US export," Rubio told reporters in Miami before departing for Sweden.
• India imports the majority of its crude oil requirements and remains heavily dependent on shipping routes passing through the Strait of Hormuz.