Factbox: Who is buying Russian crude oil and who has stopped, 28 April 2022

...Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States have imposed outright bans on Russian oil purchases but the 27 members of the European Union have not been able to agree on the embargo.

The EU aims to reduce its dependence on Russian oil and gas by two-thirds by the end of the year and to zero by the end of 2027, EU Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni has said...While the EU has not imposed an embargo, many companies in Europe have stopped buying Russian crude voluntarily or promised to do so when their long-term contracts expire...

CURRENT BUYERS

Bharat Petroleum...Hellenic Petroleum...Hindustan Petroleum...Indian Oil Corp...Litasco SA...Leuna refinery...Mangalore refinary & petrochemicals...Miro...The Hungarian oil group...PCK Schwedt...PT Pertamina...PKN Orlen...Sinopec...

Eni...is suspending purchases of Russian oil...

Equinor...has stopped trading Russian oil as it winds down its operations in the country.

Galp...has suspended all new purchases of petroleum products from Russia or Russian companies.

Glencore...said it would continue to honour its obligations under previously signed contracts, but would "not enter into any new trading business in respect of Russian origin commodities unless directed by the relevant government authorities".

Neste...has not bought Russian crude oil on the spot market since the start of the war and is not planning to sign new deals, when the existing long-term supply contract ends in July...

Repsol...has stopped buying Russian crude oil in the spot market.

Shell...has stopped buying Russian crude and on April 27 said it would no longer accept refined products with any Russian content, including blended fuels...

The French oil major has said it would no longer enter into or renew the existing contracts to buy Russian crude oil and petroleum products, with the aim of halting all purchases by the end of 2022...