AKADEMIK GUBKIN

The tanker is involved in the export of russian oil from russian ports in the Baltic, Black Sea, and Pacific regions, mainly to India. In 2025, the tanker left the area near the russian port of Ust-Luga, where it had been conducting dark activities, and transported russian crude oil/petroleum products to an area near Cuba, where it made an STS transfer with the sanctioned tanker IMO 9259692 and IMO 9298961.
The vessel is owned and operated by the sanctioned russian company JSC Rosnefteflot, which is a subsidiary of the sanctioned PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, a russian state-owned oil and gas company, one of the world's largest oil producers. Rosnefteflot JSC carries out technical and commercial management of floating drilling rigs; technical and commercial management of the ice-class transport and towing fleet in Arctic conditions; technical and commercial management of the tanker fleet in Arctic waters; ensures the operation of the port fleet; provides services in the ports of Vladivostok, Nakhodka, Vostochny, Primorskoe, Tuapse, Novorossiysk, Ust-Luga, and Primorsk.
On January 10, 2025, USA imposed sanctions on the vessel.
On April 11, 2025, Ukraine imposed sanctions on the master of the tanker IMO 9842190.