The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology said on Sunday that it could end its dependence on Russian oil by the summer.
A gas flame is seen behind a barbed wire.
According to a government report released Sunday, a German oil embargo taking effect near the end of summer would be manageable.
The announcement came 11 days after German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the country would stop buying Russian oil by the end of the year.
According to a report byDeutsche Welle, the European Union plans to impose a ban on Russian oil sometime this week.
The EU agreed to ban Russian coal last month, and the Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs said on Sunday that he would push for an oil embargo.
Germany was hesitant to support strong sanctions on Russian energy as Russia provided over half of Germany's natural gas, oil, and coal imports for the year.
In April, it was reported that Germany had succeeded in cutting Russian fuel imports down to 25% of its oil imports, 40% of its natural gas imports and 25% of its hard coal imports.
Europe's reliance on Russian fuelpredates Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Prior to the invasion, the White House announced that it was sounding out backup sources of fuel for Europe and asking natural gas producers to temporarily surge output. The $11 billion Nord Stream 2 project, which had the capacity to deliver as much as 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas per year, was scrapped by Germany days before the invasion began. In March, Germany struck a deal with Qatar. German energy prices may go up after Russian supplies are cut off.
Germany will stop all Russian oil imports by the end of 2022, according to the foreign minister.
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