The US Treasury announced sweeping new sanctions on Friday against the Russian energy sector, notably oil majors Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz, in an attempt to hinder Moscow in its war with Ukraine.
Britain also joined sanctions against the two companies, the US Treasury said.
The sanctions also target more than 180 ships and dozens of oil traders, oilfield service providers, insurance companies and energy sector officials, according to the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). American.
Below you will find the main entities and people concerned:
RUSSIAN OIL MAJORS
Gazprom Neft;
Surgutneftegaz;
More than twenty subsidiaries of Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz, including the Moscow Oil Refinery and entities based in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Luxembourg.
OIL EXPORTS BY SEA FROM RUSSIA
Sovcomflot, Russian state-owned shipping company and fleet operator;
Two Russian-based marine insurance providers: Ingosstrakh Insurance Company and Alfastrakhovanie Group, both previously sanctioned by the UK;
Sixty-nine vessels owned by Sovcomflot, including 54 oil and product tankers and four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers;
Two UAE-based ship managers supporting Sovcomflot: Fornax Ship Management FZCO and Stream Ship Management FZCO;
One hundred and eighty-three vessels, mainly oil tankers, which are part of the shadow fleet as well as oil tankers belonging to fleet operators based in Russia;
-Rosnefteflot, the shipping arm of the Russian oil company Rosneft.
Sovcomflot, Rosnefteflot, Gazpromneft Marine Bunker and other shipping companies on the new sanctions list regularly ship Russian oil to India.
OPAQUE RUSSIAN OIL TRADERS
Black Pearl Network, a leading trader of Russian crude oil, including barrels priced above the $60 cap. Since 2023, Black Pearl has likely sold more than $2 billion worth of Russian crude oil and petroleum products, according to OFAC;
Conmar Maritime DMCC (Conmar), based in the UAE and affiliated with Black Pearl, as well as a number of other trading offices based in the UAE and Hong Kong.
RUSSIAN ENERGY OFFICIALS
Yusuf Alekperov, founder and owner of the Russian oil services company Welltech and son of one of the founders of Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov;
Aleksander Dyukov, PDG de Gazprom Neft;
Sergei Kudryashov, CEO of oil producer Zarubezhneft;
Nail Maganov, director of oil producer Tatneft;
Vadim Vorobyev, PDG de Lukoil;
Vladimir Bogdanov, PDG de Surgutneftegaz.
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