U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will fly to Jamnagar in Gujarat after meetings in Mumbai to visit Reliance Industries' complex, the world's largest single-site refinery with a capacity of 1.4 million barrels per day. The article says Reliance sits at the centre of Washington's efforts to punish Russian energy buyers and contain oil prices amid the war on Iran, as well as rising U.S. diesel costs ahead of the midterm elections. Rubio said he would talk with Reliance about refining more Venezuelan crude, and Kpler estimates Reliance will account for roughly 350,000 to 370,000 barrels per day of October intake. Diesel is Reliance's biggest export, while only about 31% of Americans approve of President Trump's performance, the lowest of his two terms according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey.
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