Russian oil getting into UK via refinery loophole, reports claim | BBC News
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- Millions of barrels of fuel made from Russian oil are still being imported to the UK despite sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, research claims.
A so-called "loophole" means Russian crude is refined in countries such as India with the products then sold to the UK.
This is not illegal and does not breach the UK's Russian oil ban, but critics say it undermines sanctions aimed at restricting Russia's war funds.
The UK government denied there had been any imports of Russian oil since 2022.
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It's not a loop hole, its the intention.
So the British, who already pay one of the highest prices at the fuel pump in the world, are saying they want even higher costs by having zero Russian oil??
I'm sure Shell will be happy to oblige you all, lol.
True. If the west stop buying russian oil from intermediaries, you would see inflation back up just like 2022.
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Please, pay your bills on time, friends🙂
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Absolutely😂
The UK can only produce virtual assets like derivatives on Bitcoins.
@@amenhotepv2844 😂🤣😂🤣. Whiskey and Range Rover discovery
@@Martin_Priesthood Whiskey's from Scotland and Ireland. I like that drink very much.😅
Range Rover is a nice car for Russian winters but owned by Tata motors from India now🤓
I like their new disign🙂
I've been pointing this out for months.
There's no way our government hasn't known this.
ofc they know, if they ban it and the prices rise, the tories are fucked even more than they are currently! its intentional.
@thezoldics7648
Copy and pasting the same comment on every thread is just spamming.
I love cheap fuel so please be quite 👍
Suck a duck now
I think you mean Russian oil getting into the uk Since the beginning of the ukraine war because ukraine is illegaly transporting it to us under the disguise of grain, which is sort of the whole point to this war, Ive Been shouting this everywhere since the beginning and now everyone takes the piss out of me on the street
It's a strange coincidence that wherever there is a loophole, it's only the rich that can benefit. And the rich are responsible for the creation of the loophole in the first place.
The only excuse you people have is about how much money they have and how rich they are. You wany money? Get of ur lazy backside and do something for urself. Quit moaning f f s.
That begs the question, are wars deliberately started by those in the upper echelons of society with the intent of enriching themselves?
Deja Vue?
I work for a consultancy company who help UK government buys oil... i tell you that you all been lying to. The UK government doesnt care as long as its "value for money" for them. The company i work for buys oil from india who buys from the russian and ship it to the UK. You all cant do anything about it because its all about profits... and you think the russians are the bad guys? without russian oil you all will have no economy.
Yes. All the rich people doing the night shift at the oil refinery in India are the only ones benefitting.
If UK don't want that oil then don't buy it simple.
They will only hurt themselves
Ill have it. The war is ridiculous anyway lets just get back to normal
So the British, who already pay one of the highest prices at the fuel pump in the world, are saying they want even higher costs by having zero Russian oil??
I'm sure Shell will be happy to oblige you all, lol.
How can you tell
Russian oil is getting everywhere.
They're winning!
@thezoldics7648 Nonsense math. Oil prices would not double even if EU bought 0 oil from Russia and not even if Russia could not export any. There is a lot of unused capacity elswhere that can be ramped up if prices hike.
They're winning? 300,000 Russians are now dead fighting for what? Nobody wins in war.
@@cyberfunk3793 yes. Theres like 50 barrels of unused capacity in your rear alone. 😂😂
So the British, who already pay one of the highest prices at the fuel pump in the world, are saying they want even higher costs by having zero Russian oil??
I'm sure Shell will be happy to oblige you all, lol.
@@kth6736 so can't debate facts so come up with a mental age 7 response. Typical St. Petersburg troll.
Fun fact:a lot of ppl already noticed this before BBC🤣
Fun Fact: The company which does this is an Anglo-Indian JV.
Another fun fact - Europe needs this oil to avoid recession.
At least this oil is keeping UK's rising inflation in check. Thank India and Russia.
@thezoldics7648 its just simple supply and demand. the more you have of it on the market the cheaper the prices, and who doesn't like cheap fuels.
I'm not going to thank Russia, since they are at fault for the worldwide rising food and oil prices after invasion of Ukraine.
Are you going to thank Princess Putin Russia's invasion of Ukraine for causing the inflation in the first place?
Ya...I didn't think so, Ruski
A year ago my local chippy showed me a tray of fish with 'Produce of China' sticker on it, he peeled back the label and under it was a 'Produce of Russia' label. Same fish, same trawlers just routed via Chinese factory ships and transferred directly to UK markets. Oh, the price had doubled from the year before!!!
Lol India will just start using Russian oil domestically and export the Saudi oil it refines (right now its the other way round). At the end of the day, Kremlin is gonna earn the same amount
...but wait...does Boris the Clown know about this?!
Sanctions are a complete waste of time
Sanctions are great for Higher EU inflation till Europe is de industrializated
If it makes my energy bills cheap I honestly don’t care
Buy all oil from us then.
Russia sells oil and gas cheap to China and India, who buy lots of it and then sell it on to the Europeans. Therefore, Russia, China and India are laughing their balls off, whilst Europeans are buying the same Russian oil for a much higher price! 😂😂😂
Well played EU businessmen, Ukraine has been conned!
Britain trained belarusian soldiers. Belarus is Russia's closest ally.
It's on gov uk website.
The UK is not in the EU.
Russian bots are at it with the "The Collective West cannot survive without Russia" rhetoric.
EU businessmen like the mentioned countries: India, Turkey and China?🤦🏼♂️
Zelensky puppet has conned the 100 thousands of young dead ukranians by following usa orders into a pointless war and by taking uk Boris orders not to accept a very good peace agreement at the start of war.
@@lolikbolik4818 Judging from the Ukrainian soldier's interview, he said that NATO training is ineffective and ridiculous. And Belarusian soldiers are trained by former Wagner veterans who know how to kill. This is a ridiculous statement by the UK, how are they going to defeat Russia if Ukrainian soldiers are laughing at their training
UK is a sinking ship 😅😅😅😅
Meanwhile in Russia: Economic boom, no natural gas shortages, no illegal immigration chaos, etc.
Meanwhile in the west 🤣🤣: *VICE VERSA*
Time to think about an alliance between the UK and Russia, eh!!!!
A Russian economic boom is not for the benefit of the Russian people, they live in poverty. It feeds the wealth of the Russian government and select oligarchs. If you believe Russia is currently in an economic boom the propaganda has got to you.
Yet here you Russian trolls are here on a Western website typing in English.
What delusional world do you live in where Russia is having an economic boom?
What are you talking about? Russia pushes immigrants across EU borders, the Ruble is lost half it's value and they've shortages of everything. Especially medicines, which some people can't miss and will die because of it. On top of that you will be dragged by head and feet to fight in Ukraine and chances are high you won't see the end of the year.
Meanwhile i just booked a vacation to see the most beautiful beaches in the world in the Philippines with my salary that is 20× higher than a average Russian.
Natural gas shortages just show how important it is also to have Green Energy and be self sufficient as a country. OPEC isn't our friend, never was. OPEC could have solved this already, but decided to not to pump extra oil and gas.
What a con😂 paying for the same shit from the same source but triple the price 😂 the average person has been scammed beyong recognition
Taken two years for BBC to find out.
So many fools on CZcams, someone told me UK have their own oil😂😂🚮
Russian oil knows no bounds. Very soon we will be told it’s in our food and in our water…
It is though. Oil for fuel is but a portion of its true usage. Petro-chemicals for food production, as well as the production of Polyethylene Piping for water distribution or for that matter the synthetic rubber (oil-based) seals for the valves. The clothes and shoes we wear, etc, etc.
Oil owns the civilization of humanity.
Russia is a super power for a reason
Nice shots of the refinement process. They are using the sterling engine to lift the oil out of the wells?
We should be getting cheap fuel so no complaints.
Russian money has been coming to UK for past 30 years so why we should complain about its oil in the UK?
What a horrible country we are
India king maker 🤑
This has already been reported literally months ago. Where were you BBC?
Really? Who knew it? Maybe Boris?
The political system in UK is rotten 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Same in Denmark. Shamefull !
India has freed the middle east oil for west, and switched to Russian oil, otherwise the prices would've skyrocketed.
BP made record profits, is fuel cheaper? Nope.
A lot of countries support Russia during the war.
Classic example of backstabbing!
UK government know this. They just don't want to destroy UK economy.
UK double standards onely money
Yeah right...The only loophole is that the UK desperately needs Russian Oil 😂😂😂😂😂
Lets be real, without this fuel in the UK with its crazy fuel duties(52.95p) and VAT(20%) on price + its fuel duty the price of petrol in the UK would be over £3.00 a litre if it doesnt get survied by the UK government. Without russian oil reliance and price rises people would protest and it'll be a huge economic downfall causing a huge depression. We cant afford that sadly.
You can not stop it ....uk need it
Like China need salmon , when China boykot Norwegian salmon.....just import it another way
🙊 win win situation. Everyone is happy.
Whole of South Africa is running on Russian oil ... like a broomstick at an earthquake
Don't make people idiot again. And Don't undermine the Need of energy. If india didn't buy Russian oil and import at cheap cost to other country then Today uk and other few country would have been in headlines with highlighting UK under recession
Санкции мутятся,
Лавеха крутится
F the UK needs to sort this out… it is totally dishonest & dishonourable
Your NHS opeartions for family and food production - guess what?! What a foolish strategy to back up zelensky regime.
Sanctions busting is huge business. The profits are sky high.
Nobody cares. It’s not the oil’s fault
SO WHAT? Russia is not my enemy.
Crude gets blended into the distillation unit prior to feed. Imagine a regular sized hydrocracking 300kbpb refinery, pulling 3-5 grades spanning both russian and non-russian oil. How are you gonna close this sanction loophole, and at what percentage limit? Say a limit is applied at 50% russian, then refineries will just blend at 49% and its solved. The only true way is to ban fuel from all russian oil importers, but that would come at a big cost.
The solution is that UK start sanctioning itself 🤣
We don’t care about the sanctions what have the sanctions done for the average citizen except make their life harder
I'ts not a bug in the system its a feature...your just not supposed to talk about it
Instead you can directly buy from Russia... because of this UK is becoming poor
He brother it's totally legal for India to export oil and Acssesorry made by oil because INDIA purches oil and refine it and sell it to any country in world is totally legal acc. To UN and dont blame India all the time
There is no way govt. not know these loopholes.
It’s not hard to track if you want to
I mean a British oil tanker was hit in the red sea transporting russian crude oil WTF is happing there
As an indian, i am happy that India 🇮🇳 is doing some Middle man business here 😅😅
& hopefully, getting good amount of money.
thanks from 🇷🇺 😊
In other words the sanctions were pointless grandstanding
I'm surprised that she didn't say that the WTC7 building had collapsed while it was still standing.
So what..
We knew all this months ago! Question is, can the UK source ethical alternatives? Iran, Saudi Arabia, Venuzeula perhaps? Why are we wanting to cut our own throats here? Ordinary folk are fed up with this proxy war. Time to talk!
Our honest Government, who make sure anything money related etc only comes from trustworthy sources and is used responsibly, will sort this out right away. x
Shows how messed up everything is@thezoldics7648
Oh via INDIA aye? Related to rishi are they?
To those who calling the Tories or SunaK, specifically, it's not about Tory or Sunak. It's both Tory and labour endorsed. UK doesn't much choice. Where will it get oil/gas from? Iran, Venezuala? And this is/was how Inflation got low in UK.
AND to those calling Tories or Sunak for favouritism towards India, know that British Pension funds, Insurance funds, sovereign funds, Mutual funds, Hedge funds are invested in India. And in return get high return on their investment, because of high economic growth and bull run in Indian stock market. You will be more wise to know, actually Labour is/was more pro-India than Tories, historically.
There is a lot of BS we don't know.
peopleshould think if they prefer to buy on sticker exchange like from Asia rather than buying from Pacific ocean with shipping cost and pay £2.25 per litre of fuel vs sticker exchange at £1.4 per litre.
Its sinple oil fron USA will coat more due to long distance travel.
Poor shame...
UK is already suffering from ban Russian oil, Imagine what will happen if UK ban refined oil also
No way bbc is lagging! I'm a delhi upsc student and they taught this oil route we exploit, a year ago
Loophole..smh
How much does fuel cost in the UK already?
How many billion are we pumping into Ukraine already?
Cost of living inflated already.
"oil from somewhere else"
There are still gas pipelines that run through Ukraine..and Ukraine receives money for that from Russia..even though they are in a war.
Source that they receiv money from Russia??
Ukraine has announced they will be stopping that pipeline
I hope they stop that. I don't mind raising oil prices as long as we apply sanctions properly! This is the same as big brands still selling tons of products to Russia through India, Turkey and China.
@@PercivalPercy-tb7pxhow can you be so ignorant not to know that what he said it true. Most of you don't learn, you only eat and play video games. Look at how stupid you look.
@@BillySavillenonsense!
The UK shall be as independent as possible from Russia in everything.
You are naive baby! It is IMPOSSIBLE or you ll starve your people. There are no independence without the largest country on this planet.
Keep dreaming your oil is not russian... 😂😂😂
and dependent on the US as much as possible in everything
@@ibrahimtouman2279 That's right, America first!
Russia seems to be a reliable trade partner. They always fulfill their obligations on their side even when the West steals its assets and gives it away
NATO is losing on the battle field,now they changing the subject to oil 😂
Oh I assumed Russian oil would be stopped in this way already - why not? Was it a 'gently gently' approach?? Or 'hide the face of it' until the war would have supposedly ended by now?
so what
We need the oil and Russia is getting less money for it
Look at another stupid brainwashed fool
(UAL) Polaris, Solaris [Schneider] Saffola
its been 2 years since the santions started fiquer it out jesus
GOOD! why bring attention to this as it's only going to impact the ROI and mean we all pay more for fuel.
After putting in place a price cap on Russian oil, they then buy the refined Russian oil from India at a much higher price than what would be otherwise. End of the day, British also need oil and no one else is giving them any. So you will buy. When the woman was asked whether there are alternatives, she said very quickly there are alternatives and then quickly continued with her refinery sanctions narrative. Fact is, there are no alternatives or she would've mentioned them. You are not fooling anyone Barbie.
Typical politicians talking out of both sides of their mouths and on a side note Turkey needs to be booted from NATO, Hungary too.
Yeah let’s not put the prices up anymore it’s ok for the us as they have a lot of oil but let’s not destroy the economy anymore
This is business😂
They obviously know this and permit it
This should be stopped immediately!
Why?
@@ianwatson3315 because Russia doesn't deserve any money. Uk is basically funding this war.
@@Hugo-BB not all Russia's oil revenue comes from UK
@@Hugo-BB is it ok for America to be funding Israel with the war against Palestinians..or any other proxy war ? Or you just want to forget the hypocrisy of the west.
@@Hugo-BBjust so you know. UK, Germany, US and France also has these loop holes and are buying Russian oil according to Firstpost and The Guaridan.
That's why sadiq at sunak are there. Ti protect and create business for families and friends.
Only what I can say is , disgusting,
Thats how US makes money off canadian oil 😂😂😂
How hypocritical
It still gets into America too.
"America and NATO's strongest defensive fortification in Europe has been systematically dismantled and decimated by a hotdog cart vendor from Moscow" "If I hadn't seen it for myself I would've never believed it"
Henry Kissinger June 1st 2022.
Referring to the bombardment and final capture of the city Bachmut in Donetsk Oblast Ukraine by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner PMC forces.
One is extremely naive if that person believes the wholesale Market can be controlled.
In public we say - Sanctions to russia, i reality we trade like an addicts
Does it really matter where UK oil comes from ?.The world needs Russian oil or else the West would face devastating inflation. The world just needs to ensure Russia receives the lowest price possible for the oil it sells