Russia Next-Quarter Oil Exports Stable at 54.8 Million Tons

Russia, the world’s biggest energy exporter, plans to export 54.839 million metric tons of crude in the fourth quarter, unchanged from third-quarter levels, said two traders who participate in the market.

OAO Transneft will send 17.2 million tons of Urals crude to the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk for export, said the people who declined to be identified, as the information is confidential. The final quarterly schedule will be available later this month, they said.

Details of Russia’s planned exports are as follows:

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Endpoint:  Primorsk
Crude:     Urals
Quantity:  17.2 million tons vs. 17.47 million tons in 3Q
Change:    -1.5%
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Endpoint:  Ust-Luga
Crude:     Urals
Quantity:  6 million tons vs. 6.2 million tons in 3Q
change:    -3.2%
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Endpoint:  Novorossiysk
Crude:     Urals and Siberian Light
Quantity:  11.68 million tons vs. 10.79 million tons in 3Q
change:    +8.2%
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Endpoint:  Kozmino
Crude:     ESPO
Quantity:  3.487 million tons vs. 3.615 million tons in 3Q
change:    -3.5%
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Endpoint:  China via ESPO pipeline to Skovorodino
Crude:     ESPO
Quantity:  3.733 million tons vs. 3.829 million tons in 3Q
change:    -2.5%
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Endpoint:  Germany via Druzhba pipeline
Crude:     Urals
Quantity:  4.612 million tons vs. 4.917 million tons in 3Q
change:    -6.2%
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Endpoint:  Poland via Druzhba pipeline
Crude:     Urals
Quantity:  3.9 million tons vs. 3.6 million tons in 3Q
change:    +8.3%
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Endpoint:  Czech Republic via Druzhba pipeline
Crude:     Urals
Quantity:  1.197 million tons vs. 1.255 million tons in 3Q
change:    -4.6%
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Endpoint:  Slovakia via Druzhba pipeline
Crude:     Urals
Quantity:  1.58 million tons vs. 1.55 million tons in 3Q
change:    +1.9%
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Endpoint:  Hungary via Druzhba pipeline
Crude:     Urals
Quantity:  1.45 million tons vs. 1.575 million tons in 3Q
change:    -7.9%
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No exports are planned via Tuapse, Gdansk, Yuzhny or Odessa, or
to China via Kazakhstan.

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