Italy imports more Russian oil to feed refineries
Refinery in Sicily forced to buy more oil from Russia in unintended consequence of sanctions


Italy is set to overtake the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.

Russia has exported about 450,000 barrels per day of crude to Italy this month, more than four times as much as in February and the most since 2013, according to Kpler, a commodity data company. As a result, Italy is set to overtake the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of those exports are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery.


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It won't be long before the Europeans see Americans prospering over Russian sanctions while they suffer.