Japanese media: Russia's oil flows into Europe

On December 5 this year, it is likely to be a day for European crude oil for Russia. As the date approaches, the undercurrent is increasingly surging, and some Russian oil is flowing into Europe through the hidden route.

According to the Japanese Economic News on the 8th, after investigation, within 6 months after the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, a total of 41 oil tankers transferred oil from Russia through the exchange of ships on the coast of Greece, and only one ship in the same period last year. The destinations of these tankers include European countries such as Greece, Britain, Belgium.

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It is reported that although the European Union and the United Kingdom have not yet officially closed the door to Russia's oil, if these maritime transactions are exposed, the transaction party may be severely criticized by public opinion, so it will transport Russian oil by changing ships and vague places.

On August 24th, two tankers in Lakonia, Greece, were transporting Russian oil and was taken by Japanese Economic News.

One of the oil tankers was "Sea Falcon" registered in Greece, which left the Port Ruga-Luga Port in Petroleum Loading Station in northwestern Russia on August 4. Another cruise ship "Jagrok" registered in India also left the port located in Turkey on August 4.

The moment the Japanese media shot the cruise ship transfer of oil. Picture source: Nikkei Chinese website

According to local residents, since the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, the number of oil tankers mooring in the bay has increased rapidly. This statement also has a data evidence -in order to master the actual situation of Russia's maritime oil transportation, Refinitiv Company Britain takes the Mediterranean Greek coast as the object area to do it. Data statistics, by matching the changes in water eating the automatic recognition system (AIS) signal sent by the ship to investigate the number of water changes to the sea to transfer oil at sea.

According to statistics, there are 175 fuel wheels to change the ship to transfer oil at sea, including oil tankers from Russia, and only 9 were in the same period last year. In addition, 23.86 million barrels of oil were transported out of Russia for the transfer of Greek coast, more than 5 times higher than the 4.34 million barrels in the previous year.

The analysis of the Japanese Economic News on the navigation trajectory and satellite images also confirmed that after the oil registered in Malta was transferred to the oil, it entered the British Port and unloaded on June 4. This batch of goods is 300,000 barrels of oil produced by Rosnefti Russian Rosnefti, which sells it to the British oil middlemen PLAX Group.

It is reported that the behavior of changing ships at sea itself is more common. In the oil trade, oil can be assembled with high transportation efficiency on long -distance routes. There are also things that the buyer replaced by buyers after leaving Hong Kong and transferring oil to other ships.

In the process, due to the transfer of goods, it is difficult to determine the original shipping location or actual source. The Japanese media said that this has also become a loophole in Western sanctions in Russia.

According to the International Energy Agency, Russia's oil exports to the European Union in July decreased by 26%compared with January to 2.8 million barrels per day.

However, the Energy and Clean Air Research Center (CREA) data shows that due to the high price of global stone fuel, Russian oil and natural gas export revenue has reached 158 billion euros. Moreover, Russia's frequent account surplus reached 3.34 times the same period last year, which is expected to reach a record high.

US Finance Minister Yellen recently issued a statement saying that in order to cut off Russia's source of funds, the Seven Kingdoms Group has reached an agreement on Russia's oil prices, and it is expected that the specific implementation plan for the final price limit will be determined in the next few weeks.

A official who listened to the Minister of Treasury Secretary of the Seventh Kingdom of the Group said that the time for the start of the price limit will be consistent with the EU's import ban on Russia's oil imports: December 5 this year will be embarked on crude oil, and February 5 next year Daily embargo on refined oil. This move was supported by the European Commission, but it also required the support of EU member states.

"The idea of ​​restricting Russian oil prices is quite funny," Leewut, director of the Institute of Safety Analysis of the Washington Global Safety Analysis, said that Europeans and Americans talked about selling oil for Russia at $ 40 per barrel, but as a result, international oil prices will rise To $ 140 per barrel, "you cannot challenge the supply and demand law of the oil market."

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