Italy puts refinery in Sicily under trusteeship / Sufficient supply of non-Russian crude to keep the refinery going for “several months”
The Italian government has put the ISAB refinery, operated by Russia’s largest privately owned oil company Lukoil, under provisional state supervision in order to avoid its closure and guarantee supply to the domestic fuel market. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said seizing control of the Sicily-based refinery was an emergency intervention aimed at protecting both a strategic national energy centre and the employment levels important for Sicily. The refinery risks closure after the EU embargo on Russian... (07.12.2022)