Is Shell selling Russian oil?
Samuel Coleman
Updated on May 05, 2026
Shell completes sale of retail and lubricants businesses in Russia. Shell Overseas Investments B.V. and B.V. Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij, subsidiaries of Shell plc, have completed the sale of Shell Neft LLC, Shell's retail stations and lubricants business in Russia, to PJSC LUKOIL.
Are Shell buying oil from Russia?
Leaked data: Shell paid $2bn to three big companies for Russian crude in 2020. Shell paid almost $2 billion to three of Russia's biggest crude oil producers – Rosneft, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz – in 2020, according to leaked accounting data seen by Global Witness.Which oil companies are buying Russian oil?
NAYARA ENERGYThe Indian private refiner, part-owned by Rosneft, has purchased Russian oil after a gap of a year, buying about 1.8 million barrels of Urals from Trafigura.
Who is still buying Russian oil?
Nayara EnergyIndian private refiner, part-owned by Russia's Rosneft, has bought Russian oil after a gap of a year, buying about 1.8 million barrels of Urals from trader Trafigura.