The question of India's Energy Security constitutes the most important part of India's economic progress. Analyze India's energy policy cooperation with West Asian Countries.

Shows how India separates energy-driven bilateral cooperation with West Asian states from the OIC's positions on Kashmir.

• The OIC has 57 members and is headquartered in Jeddah; India is not a member but was guest of honour at its 2019 Abu Dhabi foreign ministers' meeting.
• The Gulf supplies much of India's oil, and India works directly with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman on trade, energy, investment and security.
• Argue that Gulf states separate symbolic OIC positions from national interests, citing UAE investments in India.

Lets you argue that sanctions on Russian oil raise the value of diversified supply, including from the Gulf.

• By one estimate, Russia accounted for a record 48.6% of India's crude import bill by value in June 2026, partly because Hormuz supplies were constrained.
• Tanker-tracking data suggest India's Russian oil purchases have fallen after the new US curbs.
• Recommend diversifying suppliers across the US, the Gulf, Latin America and Africa, with strategic reserves.

Show that energy cooperation with West Asia now depends on sea-lane security and regional stability, and list India's existing tools.

• Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb are chokepoints for India's trade; the Gulf supplies much of India's crude and hosts millions of Indian workers, so regional instability hits energy and diaspora alike.
• India's footholds include Operation Sankalp escorts since June 2019, strategic partnerships with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, I2U2 and IMEC (announced September 2023).
• Critics warn a security role could entangle India in Saudi-Iran or Israel-Iran rivalries and strain ties with Iran, on which Chabahar depends.

Petroline's repeated attacks show the vulnerability in India's energy cooperation with Gulf suppliers, supporting diversification alongside deeper ties.

• Saudi Aramco's East-West pipeline carries 4 to 5 million bpd, which the explainer puts at about 4 to 5% of global oil supplies; its shutdown pushes Saudi oil back towards Hormuz.
• An Iranian attack in April 2026 cut its flow by 700,000 bpd and Houthi drones briefly shut it in May 2019.
• Critics argue that dependence on one region and on sea lanes such as Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb remains India's biggest energy vulnerability; supporters point to diversified suppliers and strategic reserves.