Asia expected to sustain Russian oil flows at slower pace after US sanctions
4 December 2025
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“Before the US tariffs were enacted, China was importing about 200,000 b/d of US crude, mainly WTI. Now, we are not seeing any flow of WTI to China,” Goh said. “As a result of that, WTI is now going to new markets in Asia. It is going to Vietnam, and Pakistan took its first barrels of oil a few months ago.”“On top of that, we have seen a trade deal — Indonesia is building 17 modular refineries and will take in US crude as a design crude in the coming future. So, if not for the tariffs, these changes in crude flows would not have happened.”
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