New Delhi, March 4 -- The West Asia conflict does not pose any immediate threat to India's energy security, according to people aware of the matter who cited what they said were crude oil and fuel stocks of 25 days each, as the government sought to allay concerns from observers following repeated escalation in hostilities in the Gulf - a region from where close to half of India's crude oil imports come.

Petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri said India has sufficient energy reserves to deal with the ongoing situation and that consumers of petrol, diesel and cooking gas will not immediately face any shortage.

India imports just over five million barrels of crude per day, of which roughly 2.5 million bpd transit the Strait of Hormuz, the 3...