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Russia’s Crude Shipments Fall by Most Since Ukraine Invasion

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Russia’s weekly crude exports plummeted in the seven days to July 7, the biggest fall since the invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022, Bloomberg said.

  • A total of 25 tankers loaded 18.7m bbl of Russian crude in the week to July 7, down from 25.66m bbl the week prior.
  • This put exports down around 990k b/d to 2.67m b/d, the lowest since the final week of January when storms affected loadings from Kozmino.
  • The less volatile four-week average was also down by 215k b/d to a 20-week low of 3.27m b/d.
  • The was no clear cause for the decline, with no gaps in the loading programme to suggest maintenance work, no reports of storms affecting loadings.
  • Shipments were down week-on-week from the Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Pacific.
  • Crude exports may be falling as part of compliance with OPEC+ quotas. Production fell by 360k b/d from March to June.

Source: Bloomberg

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