Russian oil and gas News

UK to Cap Price of Russian Oil Using Insurance, Brokerage, Shipping Services Ban

The UK government is to cap the price of Russian oil for any company in the world using the country’s insurance, brokerage and shipping services. The UK Treasury said in a statement on Thursday that the country will prohibit the …

Nord Stream 1 Operator Finds Craters at Damaged Pipeline Site

The Swiss-based operator of Russia-led Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline said on Wednesday it had completed initial data gathering at location of the pipeline damage on line 1 in the Swedish exclusive economic zone and found “technogenic craters.” “According to …

Re/Insurers Grapple With How to Respond to Claims From Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts

With the mystery of the blasts that destroyed undersea gas pipelines between Russia and Germany unsolved, Nord Stream 1’s insurers and reinsurers are grappling with how to respond to hundreds of millions of dollars in potential claims. Munich Re and …

Insurers Still Unclear How G-7 Sanctions on Russian Crude Oil Cargoes Will Work

Just six weeks before European Union sanctions on Russian oil come into effect, insurers are still unclear as to exactly how they will work. At the heart of the uncertainty is a continued lack of detail surrounding US-led plans, endorsed …

Russia Poised to Largely Circumvent G-7 Oil Price Cap, Insurance Restrictions

Russia can access enough tankers to ship most of its oil beyond the reach of a new G-7 price cap, industry players and a U.S. official told Reuters, underscoring the limits of the most ambitious plan yet to curb Moscow’s …

EU’s Sanctions Against Russia Could Deprive Some of World’s Tanker Fleet of Insurance

The European Union’s latest sanctions on Russian petroleum could end up depriving a swath of the world’s tanker fleet of industry standard insurance, a move that threatens to undermine US efforts to avert an oil supply shock. The bloc’s eighth …

Russia Oil Exporter Rosneft Moves Into Tanker Chartering as Western Sanctions Loom

Russia’s biggest oil exporter Rosneft has expanded its tanker chartering business to ease oil shipments for buyers amid looming Western sanctions on insurance of Russian oil shipments, three sources familiar with the matter said. Previously, state controlled Rosneft, which produces …

Exxon’s Russia Oil Output Collapsed After Rejection of Local Tanker Insurance: Sources

Oil output at the giant Exxon-led Sakhalin-1 Russian Pacific project collapsed following the U.S. major’s refusal to accept local insurance for tankers after Western insurers pulled out due to sanctions, several industry sources told Reuters. Western insurers withdrew cover from …

EU’s Russia Oil Sanctions, Effective in December, Are Already Hitting Nation’s Trade

European Union sanctions on Russian oil might still be eight weeks away, but they’re hitting trade in the nation’s crude already. The bloc’s measures, including a ban on insuring tanker shipments, enter into force on Dec. 5. A Russian cargo …

EU Weighs Ban on Shipping Russian Oil as Part of Price Cap

The European Union is considering adding shipping restrictions to its oil sanctions as the bloc continues to discuss the introduction of a price cap on Russian oil, according to people familiar with the matter. A shipping ban would prohibit EU …