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Italy's ISAB Refinery Set to Suffer from Russian Oil Ban

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EU oil sanctions against Russia could paralyse Lukoil’s Italian refinery ISAB according to the president of the Sicily region on Facebook this week.

  • The ban on seaborne imports could severely impact ISAB which is Italy’s biggest refinery by capacity according to Nello Musumeci.
  • The ISAB refinery accounts for around 20% of Italian refining capacity and the power plant at the site provides Sicily with around 20% of its electricity.
  • The refinery purchases around 30-40% of its feedstock from Russia.
  • Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has had to source nearly all its crude from Lukoil because international banks are no longer providing it with credit.

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