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Russian October Seaborne Crude Exports at Highest in 4 Months

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Russian seaborne crude oil exports rose to 3.53mbpd in October, the highest level in four month and up by 7.4% from September levels according to tanker-tracking data from S&P.

  • On a four-week average basis, Bloomberg data suggested seaborne crude exports stood at 3.48mbpd in the week ending 29 October.
  • Based on Russia’s own calculations, it said crude exports out of the country should be running at 3.28mbpd based on a reduction of 300kbpd from the May-June average.
  • Urals crude accounted for 56%, or 1.97mbpd, of the total seaborne export in October. 43% of the flows were heading for India and 29% were headed for China.

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