Gulf Oil Refiners Struggle to Be Ready as EU Bans Russian Fuels

  • Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman are each finishing refineries
  • The UAE is aiming to boost diesel supplies to France, Germany

An oil worker at an oil refinery in Baghdad, Iraq. 

Photographer: Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images
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Europe’s looming ban on almost all Russian fuel is sparking a scramble for alternatives, not least from Middle Eastern petrostates.