The Anglo-Netherlands Oil and Gas Company SHELL apologized for the need to buy Russian oil, reports TASS with reference to the company’s statement.
“Yesterday we took a challenging decision on the purchase of cargo of the Russian crude oil. Our plants produce gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as other products that people use daily. We want to clarify that in the absence of uninterrupted deliveries of crude oil at the factories. Energy industry in the nearest The weeks will not be able to provide stable deliveries of necessary goods throughout Europe, “the statement says.
The company explained that cargoes from alternative sources would not be able to come quickly enough to avoid supplying interruptions, and assured that “continue to choose alternatives to Russian oil wherever possible.”
“However, it is emphasized that this will require time,” the statement says.
Shell representatives promised to send a profit obtained at the expense of Russian oil to a special fund, the funds from which can then be aimed at assisting the population of Ukraine.