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Sanctioned Oil Tanker Heads to Texas

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An oil tanker, the Yasa Golden Bosphorus, recently sanctioned by the US for breaching the Russia oil price cap is headed to Texas for unloading, according to Reuters.

  • The tanker is currently being chartered by Exxon Mobil under a three-month time-charter., ExxonMobil was not targeted by the sanctions.
  • Turkey-based Ice Pearl Navigation SA, owner of the Yasa Golden Bosphorus, was sanctioned after the US Treasury said carried Russian ESPO crude priced above $80 a barrel, after the cap took effect in December last year.
  • The US treasury also sanctioned UAE-based Lumber Marine SA, owner of the SCF Primoyre, which the US Treasury said was carrying Novy Port Russian crude above $75 per barrel.

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