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Turkey Ramped Up Russian Urals Crude Imports In First Half Of May

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Turkey doubled imports of Russian Urals oil imports in the first half of May, compared with the same period one month earlier, according to Reuters calculations.

  • Some 193kbpd of Russian Urals were loaded for supplies to Turkey's ports during May 1-15 compared with 96kbpd during the same period of April.
  • Turkey's ability to import Russian oil is limited by its refining capacity and competition with refiners in India, two traders said.
  • India remains the main importer of Urals oil loading from Russian ports this month, buying more than 50% of the volumes so far, while China remains in the second place. Chinese refiners have been increasing their buying of Urals and are expected to ramp up purchases this month.
  • According to Bloomberg vessel tracking data, Russian seaborne crude exports have reached a record of 3.61mbpd in the latest four-week period.

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