6 Russian tankers carrying a total of approximately 5 million barrels of Sokol oil were not allowed to enter India. The agency reports that Bloomberg with a link to the ship tracking service.
The tankers belong to Sovcomflot. NS Century docked in southern Sri Lanka on November 16, joining the company’s two other tankers that departed for Vadinar port last week.
The ships “Krymsk”, “Nellis” and “Liteiny Prospekt” also failed to reach the designated route, they were supposed to go to the port of Paradip on the east coast of India.
The tankers are carrying crude oil produced from fields on the east coast of Sakhalin Island in the Far East.
This week, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control Additional The sanctions list includes four companies with ties to Russia and an oil tanker.
The restrictions include Hong Kong companies Bellatrix Energy and Covart Energy, which specialize in oil transportation, as well as companies registered in the United Arab Emirates (SUN Ship Management, which deals with shipping, and Voliton DMCC, which deals in commodities, petrochemicals and hydrocarbons).
Previously recognizedWhen oil prices fall to $50 per barrel.