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OIL: Pace of Russian Oil Drilling Fell in H1 2024

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The pace of oil drilling by Russia has fallen 2.5% from the record last year amid OPEC+ production cuts to stabilize the global oil market and with lower refinery runs, according to Bloomberg. 

  • Rigs drilled 14,370 kilometres of production wells in Russia from January to June.
  • Drilling is expected to slightly decline to 29,400 kilometers in 2024 but remain above the average distance achieved from 2019 to 2022, despite western sanctions. Total production drilling is estimated to exceed 30,000 kilometers in 2025, according to Kasatkin Consulting.
  • “OPEC+ production ceilings, current and expected, serve as a damper on production growth and limit the amount of capital Russian oil companies deem reasonable to spend on drilling,” said Sergey Vakulenko at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
  • Russia production has remained above agreed levels despite reducing this year. Output was 9.139mb/d in June, according to latest OPEC’s monthly report based on secondary sources compared to the pledge for production to remain at 8.978mb/d until October. 
  • Russia plans compensations of almost 15mbbls over October and November and March to September 2025 for previous overproduction.

 

 

Source: Bloomberg

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