Austria has stopped importing and refining oil from Russia in March, according to the Austrian oil and gas company OMV, Report informs referring to TASS.
According to the representative of the Austrian company, at OMV's refineries in Austrian Schwechat and German Burghausen the share of Russian crude oil has always been quite small. “During March, we replaced these volumes with other crude oil from the market. Currently, we do not process Russian oil,” a representative of the Austrian company said.
Austria Press Agency earlier reported that Kazakhstan has been the most important supplier of oil for Austria for many years. It is followed by Libya and Iraq. These three countries accounted for 80% of Austria’s oil imports. According to the Austrian statistical office, in 2021, only 7.8% of 596,000 tons of oil supplied to Austria came from imports from Russia.
At the same time, Austria’s dependence on Russian gas remains high and accounts for 80% of imports of this type of fuel. Therefore, the Austrian authorities rule out the possibility of a gas embargo from Russia to Austria.