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Russian Refining Narrowly Slips in Early-Jan

REFINING

Russian oil processing was at 5.52mn bpd Jan 1- Jan 10 2024 – down 27,000 bpd or 0.5% from Decembers average according to figures from a Bloomberg source.

  • Lower run rates at Gazprom Neft PJSC’s and Bashneft PJSC’s facilities contributed to the weakness.
  • The move counters Russia’s usual run increase during winter months to cater for higher seasonal consumption of fuel oil and diesel. Kpler said export restrictions to support the domestic market appear to have helped this winter.
  • Kpler has cut its outlook for Russia’s average daily refinery runs in January to 5.54 million barrels from a previous estimate of 5.8 million barrels.
  • Run weakness may encourage Russian seaborne crude exports to jump to the highest since May 2023, reaching ~3.66 mn bpd in the first half of January according to Kpler.





Source: Bloomberg

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