Lukoil's ISAB refinery on the island of Sicily is threatened with closure as a result of the embargo on Russian oil supplies by sea. At present the enterprise is 100% supplied with oil from Russia and after the embargo comes into force in 8 months the refinery will be left without raw materials. Leading trade unions have already asked the government to allow bank loans to the plant to buy raw materials from different suppliers. Before the closure of lending channels, ISAB received only 15% of its oil from Russia.