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Russia’s Crude Exports Surged To 3.6mbpd Last Week

OIL

Russia's seaborne crude exports rose by 26% on the week to 3.6mbpd last week according to Bloomberg vessel tracking data.

  • On a four-week average basis, overall seaborne exports rose by 129kbpd to 3.34mbpd.
  • Flows climbed to multi-week highs from all its Baltic, Black Sea, Arctic and Pacific terminals. A less-volatile four-week average of exports also rose.
  • The flow data offer just the gentlest indication that a planned cut to Russian oil production from next month might not be forced.
  • Moscow announced earlier this month that it would cut its March output by 500kbpd, a step that some analysts said was an unavoidable reduction and not a policy choice for Russia.
  • The volume of crude on vessels heading to China and India — plus small flows to Turkiye and the quantities on ships that haven’t yet shown a final destination — rebounded in the four-week period, to an average 3.19mbpd.

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