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Russian Crude Exports Slip Back

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Russian crude exports have slipped back as maintenance work at the Baltic port of Primorsk and strong winds around Kozmino hit exports according to Bloomberg vessel tracking.

  • Russia’s seaborne crude flows in the week to March 17 fell back by 730,000 bpd to 2.97 mn bpd.
  • They also fell on a four-week average basis, slipping by about 40,000 bpd to 3.28 mn bpd.
  • The drop in flows keeps Russia back within OPEC+ commitments though attacks on Russian refinery infrastructure may push exports higher as they are unable to process them domestically.
  • Weekly shipments were about 620,000 bpd below the average seen in May and June, or about 320,000 bpd lower than Russia’s first quarter target according to Bloomberg calculations.



Source: Bloomberg

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