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Indian Refiner Nayara Shunned by Western Banks and Oil Trading Firms

OIL

A number of oil traders and banks have ceased dealing with Indian refiner Nayara Energy – a Rosneft affiliate due to sanction fears according to Reuters citing two unnamed sources.

  • Nayara is India’s second biggest refiner, 49% owned by Rosneft. It is not sanctioned but Rosneft is. It accounts for 8% of India’s refining capacity. It is a key buyer of Russian crude since western sanction struck.
  • The sources said the refiner is primarily dependent on Middle Eastern crudes now (see chart).
  • Companies that have declined to deal with Nayara include Phillips 66, Occidental Petroleum Corp, Cepsa, Equinor, Gunvor, Koch, Petrogal, Respsol, Shell, Suncor Energy, Ecopetrol and TotalEnergies.
  • Banks and other firms that have refused to work on new hedging positions for Nayara include Citigroup , Morgan Stanley , BNP Paribas, JPMorgan , France's Engie as well as the core banking units of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, they said. – the above names are based on Reuters sources.

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