Russian Crude Allowed on Sanctioned Tanker After Japanese Refiner Given Waiver

Russian crude allowed on sanctioned tanker after Japanese refiner given waiver

Fixture shows more willingness to deal with Putin regime despite Western measures

Japan Buys Russian Oil Using Blacklisted Tanker, Defying US and EU Sanctions, Bloomberg Reports

Japanese oil refiner Taiyo Oil Co. has received a shipment of 600,000 barrels of Russian Sakhalin Blend crude delivered by a tanker under US and EU sanctions, Bloomberg reports on June 9, citing vessel tracking data. According to Bloomberg, the Voyager tanker loaded the cargo at Prigorodnoye terminal on Sakhalin Island on May 25 and arrived at Kikuma port in Japan on June 9. This is reportedly the first such delivery in over two years, highlight…