Russia’s seaborne oil product exports in September rose 5% to 9.217 million metric tons from a month earlier, data from industry sources and Reuters calculations showed.
Russia’s offline primary oil refining capacity in August stayed relatively low at 2.93 million tons, ensuring higher production levels and September port loadings, according to Reuters calculations based on data from industry sources.
Idle refining capacities for September were up at 4.5 million tons, calculations showed.
Total oil product exports via the Baltic ports of Primorsk, Vysotsk, St. Petersburg and Ust-Luga in September rose by 3.8% to 4.957 million tons versus the previous month, data from market sources showed.
Fuel exports via Russia’s Black Sea and Azov Sea ports last month increased by 14.6% from August to 3.66 million tons.
Oil product export supplies from Russia’s Arctic ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk decreased in September by 4% month-on-month to 81,200 tons.
Fuel export loadings at Russia’s Far East ports fell 28.5% last month to 519,400 tons from August due to planned maintenance on local refineries, data from sources and Reuters calculations showed.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Reuters, Editing by Bernadette Baum)
