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UK adds Kurdistan Export Pipeline to Russian oil exempt projects general licence

7 August 2026

UK adds Kurdistan Export Pipeline to Russian oil exempt projects general licenceSvet foto/Shutterstock.com

The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has added the Kurdistan Export Pipeline to the list of exempt projects in GL INT/2025/5635700, its Russian exempt projects general licence – publication notice.

The licence permits non-designated persons to continue business operations involving certain sanctioned Russian oil companies, including Rosneft, Lukoil, Transneft and Gazpromneft-Sakhalin, where those operations relate to specified oil and gas projects. It now covers 9 live projects, the newly added Kurdistan Export Pipeline running until 14 October 2027.

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Maya Lester KC
By Maya Lester KC

Maya Lester KC is a senior barrister (King’s Counsel) at Brick Court Chambers with a wide-ranging practice in public law, European law, competition law, international law, human rights & civil liberties. She has a particular expertise in sanctions. She is the…

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