The international company Shell has announced its intention to leave Russia.
As a first step, the company will stop all spot purchases of Russian crude oil. It will also close its gas stations, aviation fuel and lubricants production in Russia. This is stated in an official statement on the company’s website.
We will close our gas stations, aviation fuel and lubricants in Russia. We will look closely at the safest way to do this, but the process will begin immediately.
We will begin the phased withdrawal of oil products, pipeline gas and LNG from Russia. This is a difficult challenge. Changing this part of the energy system will require concerted action by governments, energy suppliers and consumers, and the transition to other energy sources will take much longer. This is stated in the message.