Reuters reports first US oil tanker arrives in Germany

Tanker loaded crude oil off Louisiana coast to USand unloaded it in Rostock, Germany, REUTERS reported. German refineries are looking for alternatives to Russian raw materials in connection with the partial embargo of the EU,

A tanker has delivered US sour crude to the German city of Rostock for the first time amid attempts by local refineries to find an alternative to Russian crude, Reuters reported, citing sources, analysts and vessel tracking data.

We are talking about the tanker Capricorn Sun. It loaded crude oil off the coast of Louisiana in the US and offloaded it in Rostock on Aug. 3, the agency said.

The tanker was delivering Mars Sour high-sulphur oil. The batch of this oil was delivered to Germany for the first time.

According to Jim Mitchell, HEAD of research for Americas oil at Refinitiv, in the past there have been only "a few" shipments of another grade, West Texas Sour, from the United States to Germany.

The EU advised importers to prescribe the absence of Russian oil in the mixture Politics

German refineries are looking for an alternative to Russian oil in connection with the partial EU embargo. It will come into force in December and will affect sea supplies of Russian raw materials. Under the EU ban will fall not only oil in its pure form, but also as part of mixtures - the so-called blends.

This embargo was included in the sixth package of EU sanctions. The European Union is expanding restrictive measures against RUSSIA in connection with the events in Ukraine.

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The Russian authorities consider these sanctions illegal. The Kremlin warned that they would "have a negative impact on the entire continent" - both for Europe, and for Russia, and "for the entire global energy market." To minimize these negative consequences, Russia is working to redirect oil supplies to other directions, said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

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