Further signs are emerging of how sanctions combined with Ukrainian drones are causing serious problems for the Russian oil exporting machine with advice issued today on how Washington could reduce the size of the so-called shadow fleet further. Research carried out by Craig Kennedy, who runs the...
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Ukrainian forces hit Russia’s third-largest oil refinery with a drone strike on Tuesday but with no critical damage. This time the target was a unit of the Taneco refinery in Tatarstan. The refinery is a long way from the front lines, some 1,300 km away from Ukraine’s border with Russia. The Taneco...
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s seaborne crude exports jumped in the final week of March to the highest so far this year, even as average shipments in the first quarter were close to the level…
https://gcaptain.com/russias-seaborne-crude-exports-surge-to-the-highest-this-year/
By Marwa Rashad and Vladimir Soldatkin LONDON/MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) – Novatek, Russia’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has suspended production at its Arctic LNG 2 project due to sanctions…
https://gcaptain.com/russias-sanctioned-arctic-lng-2-suspends-gas-liquefaction-sources-say/
By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – Following a nearly three-month voyage Chinese heavy lift vessel Hunter Star delivered the final liquefaction module for Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 facility to Russia. Russian…
https://gcaptain.com/heavy-lift-vessel-delivers-sanctioned-lng-technology-to-russian-arctic/
By Marc Frank HAVANA, March 31 (Reuters) – Cuban state-run media said at the weekend that 90,000 metric tons of Russian oil had arrived in the cash and fuel-short country to help…
https://gcaptain.com/russian-oil-arrives-in-cuba-after-year-long-hiatus/
There is now clear data to show that sanctions are hurting Russian seaborne exports of crude. As of a month ago, the number of ballast vessels which last lifted Russian crude grades – excluding CPC blend and KEBCO – began increasing significantly, new analysis from Vortexa shows. Ballast vessels...
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Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom has bought a 27.5% stake in LNG producer Sakhalin Energy, previously held by Shell, for 94.8bn roubles ($1.02bn). The ex-Shell stake in Sakhalin Energy will be sold to a company named Sakhalin Project, fully owned by Gazprom. Before this acquisition,...
https://splash247.com/gazprom-takes-over-former-shell-sakhalin-2-stake-for-1bn/
KYIV, March 24 (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military said it hit two large Russian landing ships in attacks on the annexed Crimean peninsula early on Sunday, as well as a communications center…
https://gcaptain.com/ukraine-says-it-hit-two-russian-warships-in-strikes-on-crimea/
(Bloomberg) — All of India’s refiners are now refusing to take Russian crude carried on PJSC Sovcomflot tankers due to US sanctions, further complicating the trade that has flourished since the invasion…
https://gcaptain.com/india-halts-russia-oil-supplies-from-sanctioned-tanker-giant/