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Kulevi refinery
Coverage of Kulevi refinery in the Nexus archive.
- Georgia's Only Oil Refinery to Stop Processing Russian Crude
Black Sea Petroleum LLC, owner of Georgia's only oil refinery, is phasing out Russian crude oil in favor of Kazakh and Libyan crude under a 2027 agreement. The decision follows EU sanctions requiring the refinery to stop processing Russian oil by January 2027.
- Georgia’s Only Oil Refinery to Stop Using Russian Crude by September
Georgia’s only oil refinery, Kulevi, will stop using Russian crude by September. The EU had threatened to include the refinery in its 20th sanctions package over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.