Oct 23 (Reuters) - Slovak refiner Slovnaft, which

processes mostly Russian crude and is part of Hungary's MOL

group, said on Thursday it needed to familiarise

itself with new U.S. sanctions on Russian oil majors and analyse

their possible impacts.

"As this is a new situation, we first need to familiarise

ourselves in detail with the exact wording of the new U.S.

sanctions and analyse their possible impact on our activities,"

Slovnaft said in a statement.