The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft, Surgutneftegas, as well as over two dozen of their subsidiaries, according to a statement on the agency's website.
The following entities of Gazprom Neft have been included in the sanctions list:
- refineries (Moscow and Omsk);
- extraction enterprises — Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegaz, Gazpromneft-Orenburg, and others;
- foreign entities in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Serbia (NIS), as well as Gazprom Neft International in Luxembourg;
- Gazprom Neft Shelf and Gazprom Neft Aero, among others.
Structures of Surgutneftegas have also come under restrictions: Surgutneftegasbank, Kaliningradnefteprodukt, Kirishinefteorgsintez refinery (Kinef), and other assets.
In a statement to RBC, Gazprom Neft's press service indicated that the company has been "preparing for various negative sanction scenarios" over the past two years, reminding that since 2022, Gazprom Neft has already been under unilateral foreign sanctions. "The company will continue its operations, maintaining business resilience," they assured at Gazprom Neft.
According to RBC, the restrictions also affected Rosnefteflot (a structure of Rosneft), several companies operating marine vessels, 183 ships from the "shadow fleet" for transporting Russian oil, Sovcomflot, foreign traders supplying Russian oil, Ingosstrakh, Alfastrakhovanie, the coal Denisovsky GOK in Yakutia, Kuzbassrazrezugol, Liski plant for assembly preparations, and others.
Additionally, among the individuals listed in the sanctions are the CEOs of LUKOIL Vadim Vorobyov, Gazprom Neft Alexander Dyukov, Tatneft Nail Maganov, Bashneft Vladimir Chernov, head of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev, as well as the son of LUKOIL's largest shareholder Vagit Alekperov, Yuzuf.
The White House stated that today's sanctions are the most significant imposed against the Russian energy sector. The U.S. Treasury will also repeal the provision that exempted intermediary transactions for paying for energy resources from sanctions imposed on Russian banks.
On the same day, the price of Brent crude rose to a maximum of $80 following the announcement of U.S. sanctions against Russian oil companies.
In November 2024, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Gazprombank and over 50 Russian banks. The restrictions aim to weaken financial institutions and the "military machine of Russia."
Previously, Spot reported that the airline Utair and the developer PIK were included in the 15th EU sanctions package.