US Treasury says Russian oil revenues cut by sanctions on Rosneft, Lukoil

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury said on Monday that U.S. sanctions against Russian oil majors Rosneft ROSN.MM and Lukoil LKOH.MM are already reducing Russian oil revenues and are likely to reduce the quantity of Russian oil sold in the long term.

The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement that its analysis of the initial market impact of the sanctions announced on October 22 showed they "are having their intended effect of dampening Russian revenues by lowering the price of Russian oil and therefore the country's ability to fund its war effort against Ukraine."