The Consequences Of Rising Inflation & Crude Oil Prices
On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the imposition of sanctions against a network of foreign entities and a vessel involved in an asserted price cap...more
On December 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets control (OFAC) announced the imposition of sanctions on three entities and identified as blocked property three vessels that used Price Cap...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Oct. 12, 2023, designated two tank vessels and their registered owners as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) for allegedly transporting...more
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department, in the last few days, imposed the draconian penalty of designating two shipping vessels and their registered owners in the UAE and Turkey as...more
On June 23, 2023, the EU released its 11th package of sanctions on Russia. This package is designed to improve enforcement with new anti-circumvention rules, new trade restrictions, and new designations. The...more
This update addresses the full implementation of the price cap policy for crude oil and petroleum products of Russian origin by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). On Feb. 3, OFAC...more
This update includes the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) recent actions regarding the Russian seaborne oil price cap policy aimed at maintaining the supply of Russian oil to the...more
Oil price cap - The oil price cap has been co-ordinated by the G7 in order to make EU, UK and US services (including (re)insurance) available to third country importers and exporters as long as the price paid for...more
The U.S.Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) added Rosneft Trading SA (“Rosneft Trading”), a subsidiary of Russian oil major Rosneft Oil Company (“Rosneft”), to the List of Specially Designated...more