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US oil group under pressure to exit Russia after Biden administration widens sanctions

Lawmakers tell SLB, better known as Schlumberger, to quit country or risk penalty

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Oilfield services providers carry out the grunt work for the global oil and gas industry — everything from building roads and laying pipes to drilling wells and pumping crude. They also provide access to sophisticated technologies that are vital to support exploration and development of complex drilling operations.

Until now, western policymakers have avoided imposing comprehensive sanctions on oilfield services in Russia over concerns it would choke off fossil fuel exports and cause a jump in global oil prices. But the Biden administration said last week that oil markets were now expected to be oversupplied in 2025 and the new sanctions would “substantially increase” the risks associated with the Russian oil trade.

At least 65 oil tankers have anchored around the world since the U.S. imposed new sanctions on the Russian oil industry late last week, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

According to data from the ship tracking services MarineTraffic and LSEG, five of the ships are posted near Chinese ports, seven have stopped off the coast of Singapore, and the rest are sitting off the coasts of Russian in the Baltic Sea and in the Far East.

The new sanctions affected 183 vessels, representing 10 percent of the world’s oil tankers, according to analysts cited by Reuters.