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Russian Seaborne Crude Exports Boosted by Refinery Maintenance

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Four-week average seaborne crude shipments out of Russia rose for a sixth straight week in the period to May 19, edging close to 4 million barrels a day according to Bloomberg vessel tracking.

  • Flows are now up by 15% since the first week of April and hit a new high for the period since Bloomberg began tracking them in detail at the start of 2022.
  • High levels of Russian domestic refinery maintenance are understood to be pushing greater crude volumes onto the market and could represent some of the claimed 500,000 bpd production cut.
  • Russian officials made further claims last week that the full cut level pledged had been met despite the record levels of seaborne exports which have helped to pressure crude in recent weeks.


source: Bloomberg

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