Russia oil export to non CIS in 10 months up by 3pct YoY
Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009
Interfax quoted the Fuel and Energy Central Dispatch Service said Russia raised oil exports to non-CIS countries 3.4%YoY in January to October 2009 to 176.129 million tonnes.
Transneft, the national pipeline operator pumped 154.706 million tonnes of Russian crude to non-CIS countries in the 10 months. Exports bypassing Transneft totaled about 21.423 million tonnes.
In October alone, Transneft pumped 15.699 million tonnes of Russian crude to non-CIS countries while exports bypassing the monopoly amounted to 2.128 million tonnes.
Transneft shipments through the port of Novorossiisk including transit came to 36.875 million tonnes in the 10 months, including 3.354 million tonnes in October, shipments through Tuapse 3.499 million tonnes, through Odesa 2.320 million tonnes, through Primorsk 62.288 million tonnes and through Yuzhny 7.853 million tonnes.
Rosneft exported 39.961 million tonnes of oil to the non-CIS using Transneft pipelines in the 10 months, Lukoil 20.807 million tonnes, Surgutneftegas 23.170 million tonnes, TNK-BP Holding 28.433 million tonnes, Gazprom Neft 12.187 million tonnes and Tatneft 13.008 million tonnes.
Companies that are not part of vertically integrated oil companies shipped 7.236 million tonnes of oil abroad via Transneft in the 10 months including 769,000 tonnes in October.
Transit of oil from Kazakhstan totaled 17.812 million tonnes in the period and the transit of Azerbaijani oil to 2.102 million tonnes.
Russian oil exports to the CIS declined 2.3% to 27.761 million tonnes in January to October 2009. Exports to Belarus and Ukraine rose 1.8% to 17.818 million tonnes and 4.1% to 5.164 million tonnes, respectively but deliveries to Kazakhstan were down by 19.5% to 4.779 million tonnes.
