Georgia's Only Oil Refinery Has Stopped Using Russian Oil

It will ship oil from Kazakhstan and Libya.

Black Sea Petroleum LLC (BSP), which owns an oil refinery in the Georgian port of Kulevi, will switch to processing crude oil from Kazakhstan and Libya in August–September of this year, ceasing purchases of Russian crude, according to a BSP press release, as noted by the website The Moscow Times.

As part of its 21st sanctions package, the European Union added the Kulevsky Refinery to its sanctions list, giving it until January 25, 2027, to phase out Russian oil.

BSP reported that the Kulevi refinery began processing Kazakhstani crude in early ‌July and will begin processing Libyan crude this month.

A shipment of oil from Libya is expected to arrive in Kulevi between August 20 and 30, the company specified.

The oil supply agreement with the Libyan side was signed on July 3 of this year and is valid through the end of 2027, with the possibility of extension, BSP added.

In October 2025, Russia delivered oil to Georgia for the first time to the new refinery in Kulevi, which has a capacity of 1.2 million metric tons per year.

The Kulevi refinery became Georgia’s first full-cycle oil refinery, which will allow the country to reduce its dependence on imported petroleum products currently sourced from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Romania, Russia, and Kazakhstan.

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