What matters
New deadline
The operating licence now runs until 28 August.
NIS operations
The licence permits continued operations and crude-oil refining.
What remains unresolved
OFAC still has to decide on licences for MOL–Gazprom Neft talks and JANAF deliveries.
Breakdown by publication
How sources frame this story
Mobile shows the first 1; the full breakdown is available on desktop.
OFAC extended NIS’s licence until 28 August
Citing RTS, N1 reports that OFAC extended NIS’s operating licence until 28 August. This allows operations and oil refining to continue; decisions are still awaited on MOL’s request to negotiate with Gazprom Neft and JANAF’s request to supply NIS.
Overall takeaway
The extension to 28 August preserves an operating window for NIS, but does not replace decisions on ownership and supply logistics.
What this means for residents
Fuel supply
The extension removes the immediate risk of a Pančevo refining halt, but does not settle the ownership issue.
Watch for decisions
The next factors are talks over the Russian stake and oil deliveries.