The Indian owners of three vessels chartered to Nayara Energy have asked the Russian-backed firm to end their contracts following recent European Union sanctions on the refiner, six sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

Nayara Energy has accused Microsoft of unilaterally halting access to its licensed digital tools, data, and proprietary services despite no legal compulsion under the US or Indian laws to do so.

Microsoft has cut off cloud computing services to India's Nayara Energy, following EU sanctions on the oil refinery company.

The owners of three vessels chartered by India's Nayara Energy have asked to end their contracts with company, six sources

Microsoft suspended its services to Nayara Energy following the European Union’s sanctions on Russia over its war with Ukraine.

Following EU sanctions, Indian vessel owners Seven Islands Shipping and Great Eastern Shipping Co (GESCO) have requested Nayara Energy to terminate contracts for three clean product tankers. Concerns over the sanctions have prompted this decision,

An oil tanker carrying Russian Urals crude has been diverted away from the EU-sanctioned Nayara Energy's Vadinar port in India to unload its cargo at the port of Mundra, according to shipping data and four industry sources on Thursday.

Several top executives have left Nayara Energy. This includes directors and senior personnel. The resignations follow EU sanctions on the Rosneft-backed company.