Transneft
Russian oil pipeline transport company
Transneft (Russian: Транснефть) is a state-controlled oil pipeline company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. It is the world's largest oil pipeline company. As of 2020, it operated over 70,000 kilometres (43,000 mi) of trunk pipelines and transported about 80% of oil and 30% of oil products produced in Russia.
History
The Government of the Russian Federation established Transneft on 14 August 1993, and the Moscow Registration Chamber registered it on 26 August 1993.
Semyon Vainshtok headed Transneft from 13 September 1999 to 11 September 2007.
In 2008, Transnefteproduct, a company transporting refined oil products, was merged into Transneft.
In 2018, Transneft took over 31% of shares which belonged to the Russian Federation in Caspian Pipeline Consortium. In 2021, the company's revenue amounted to 998 billion rubles.
Sanctions
Sanctioned by the United Kingdom from 12 September 2014 in relation to Russia's activities in Crimea.
On 24 February 2022, in response to Russia's military operations in Ukraine, several countries moved to impose more economic sanctions in addition to those in response to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis.
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