Oil shortage could leave country without fuel

油荒可能使国家陷入燃料短缺

World Business Report

2025-12-03

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Today, Serbia's only oil refinery is due to shut down, all because of US sanctions on the national oil company, which is mostly Russian-owned. So, what will this mean for the country's energy and how badly will it harm its economy? And Netflix has reportedly put in a second-round bid for parts of Warner Bros Discovery. Leanna Byrne looks at what Netflix actually wants. Also, for the first time in more than 20 years, a rare Fabergé egg is going up for auction. Presenter: Leanna Byrne Producer: Ahmed Adan Editor: Justin Bones
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  • Serbia's only oil refinery is about to shut down.

  • It's World Business Express from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Liana Byrne.

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  • Yes,

  • Serbia's only oil refinery is now preparing to shut down after the US didn't grant a temporary waiver on sanctions.

  • The refineries run by NIS, a company majority owned by Russia's Gazprom Group,

  • and under US sanctions since October.

  • Because of those sanctions, NAIS can no longer receive crude oil through Croatia's Janov pipeline.

  • And on Gazprom refusing to sell its shares,

  • which Washington set as a condition for lifting sanctions,

  • the refinery has started winding down operations.

  • Our correspondent Guy Delani is covering this one for us.

  • Guy, tell me this, how much of Serbia's fuel supply depends on this refinery?

  • The vast majority.

  • So, NIS, as they call the company in Serbia,

  • supplies more than four-fifths of the country's petrol and diesel and almost all of its jet and heavy fuels.

  • So, that's a problem for everyone from commuters to road haulage to the national airline Air Serbia.

  • And NIS also operates almost half the fuel filling stations in the country.

  • Now, what exactly are the US sanctions targeting and why?