Who uses Russian oil?

In 2020, the Netherlands and Germany imported the most Russian oil per day. Slovakia and Hungary - who will be given an extra year to find alternative suppliers - received 96% and 58% of their oil imports respectively from Russia last year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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Who buys most of Russia's oil?

Collectively, European nations take about two-thirds of Russia's oil exports while a fifth go to China which is the biggest single buyer of Russian oil and oil products importing 1.6 million barrels a day during 2021, according to the IEA.
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Is India buying Russian oil?

India's purchases of Russian crude have soared since the conflict's start, rising from nothing in December and January to about 300,000 barrels a day in March and 700,000 a day in April. The crude now accounts for nearly 17 percent of Indian imports, up from less than 1 percent before the invasion.
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Is China buying Russian oil?

State-owned Chinese companies, led by Sinopec and Zhenhua, are set to buy two thirds of Russia's flagship Far Eastern export grade ESPO (Eastern Siberia–Pacific Ocean oil pipeline) blend in May, up from a third before the invasion of Ukraine, traders who closely monitor the flows told Reuters.
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Is Europe still buying Russian oil?

The European Commission is seeking to phase out supplies of Russian crude oil within six months and refined products by the end of 2022. Under the proposal, Hungary and Slovakia could be granted a longer period to adapt to the embargo, until the end of 2023.
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Europe's Ability to Weather a Russian Oil and Gas Ban



Does the UK use Russian gas?

Unlike other countries in Europe, the UK is in no way dependent on Russian gas supply. We meet around half of our annual gas supply through domestic production and the vast majority of imports come from reliable suppliers such as Norway. There are no gas pipelines directly linking the UK with Russia.
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Is UK buying oil from Russia?

Russian imports account for 8% of total UK oil demand, but the UK is also a significant producer of both crude oil and petroleum products, in addition to imports from a diverse range of reliable suppliers beyond Russia including the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, and USA.
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How much oil does UK get from Russia?

Russia accounted for just 8% of UK oil imports in 2020 and 3% of US oil imports last year.
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Where does Russia get its oil?

Russia has oil and gas production facilities throughout the country, but the bulk of its fields are concentrated in western and eastern Siberia. In 2021 Russia exported an estimated 4.7 million bpd of crude, to countries around the world.
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How does India pay Russian oil?

India has taken advantage of discounted prices to ramp up oil imports from Russia at a time when global energy prices have been rising. The US has said that although these oil imports do not violate sanctions, "support for Russia...is support for an invasion that obviously is having a devastating impact".
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Is France still buying Russian oil?

The world's largest petroleum trader will stop buying Russian crude and phase out its involvement in all Russian hydrocarbons. The French company has stopped buying oil from Russia, although one of its land-locked refineries in Germany continues to receive Russian crude by pipeline.
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Which countries depend on Russian gas?

The largest importers of Russian gas in the European Union are Germany and Italy, accounting together for almost half of the EU's gas imports from Russia. Other larger Russian gas importers in the European Union are France, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria and Slovakia.
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How many countries get Russian oil?

At least 48 countries imported Russian crude oil in 2019. The countries that rely most on Russian oil include: Belarus, Cuba, Curacao, Kazakhstan, Latvia – each importing more than 99 percent of their crude oil from Russia. The graphic below shows how much of each country's total crude oil imports come from Russia.
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What is Russia's largest industry?

Service Sector

The services industry is the most important sector of the economy of Russia. It includes a wide variety of specific economic activities, including: real estate, tourism, healthcare services, marketing, financial service, wholesale, retail trade, and personal and household goods.
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Is Russia oil rich?

Russia holds 80,000,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves as of 2016, ranking 8th in the world and accounting for about 4.8% of the world's total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000 barrels. Russia has proven reserves equivalent to 60.4 times its annual consumption.
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What are Russia's main exports?

Exports The top exports of Russia are Crude Petroleum ($74.4B), Refined Petroleum ($48B), Petroleum Gas ($19.7B), Gold ($18.7B), and Coal Briquettes ($14.5B), exporting mostly to China ($49.3B), United Kingdom ($25.3B), Netherlands ($22.5B), Belarus ($15.8B), and Germany ($14.2B).
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What does the UK buy from Russia?

The UK imported £5.2 billion of fuel from Russia in 2021 which accounted for 9.7% of all fuel imported. The highest value goods import from Russia in 2021 was refined oil (£3.0 billion); Russia is the UK's largest supplier of refined oil, accounting for 24.1% of all imports of this commodity.
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Who owns North Sea oil?

The British and Norwegian sectors hold most of the large oil reserves. It is estimated that the Norwegian sector alone contains 54% of the sea's oil reserves and 45% of its gas reserves. More than half of the North Sea oil reserves have been extracted, according to official sources in both Norway and the UK.
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Can Europe ban Russian oil?

The European Union is debating an embargo on Russian crude oil and petroleum products, as well as restrictions on the shipping of oil and products from Russia. If approved, the ban will likely include a longer phase-in period for some countries, and Russia will be able to divert some volumes to Asia.
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Is UK dependent on Russian oil?

Slovakia and Hungary - who will be given an extra year to find alternative suppliers - received 96% and 58% of their oil imports respectively from Russia last year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Russia accounted for just 8% of UK oil imports in 2020 and 3% of US oil imports last year.
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Where does the UK get its oil?

The UK currently gets its oil and gas from Russia but this is only a fraction (8%) of the fuel products imported to the UK. The vast majority comes from imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is transported to the UK by sea from countries such as Qatar and the US.
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