Russian oil exports up 0.6% to 191 mln tonnes in 9M - Rosstat
MOSCOW. Nov 22 (Interfax) - Russian oil and gas condensate exports rose 0.6% year-on-year in January-September 2017 to 191 million tonnes, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said, citing Federal Customs Service (FCS) data, which include trade with Belarus.
Oil accounted for 26.9% of overall Russian exports in 9M 2017, up from 25.9% a year previously, and for 44.2% of overall fuel and energy exports, unchanged.
The average export price for oil in September 2017 was $370.2 per tonne, up 5.6% compared with August 2017. Urals blend traded at $396 a tonne on the world market, up 6.3% from August.
Changes in average export prices for Russian crude and oil prices on the world market:
| Average actual export price | World market price for Urals blend | |||
| $ per tonne | % of December the previous year | $ per tonne | % of December the previous year | |
| 2016 | ||||
| January | 230,3 | 82,0 | 209,9 | 78,9 |
| February | 210,6 | 75,0 | 223,0 | 83,9 |
| March | 241,3 | 85,9 | 266,7 | 100,3 |
| April | 258,8 | 92,2 | 289,3 | 108,8 |
| May | 290,0 | 103,3 | 326,0 | 122,6 |
| June | 309,6 | 110,3 | 339,4 | 127,6 |
| July | 311,3 | 110,9 | 318,1 | 119,6 |
| August | 308,7 | 109,9 | 320,5 | 120,5 |
| September | 312,3 | 111,2 | 322,5 | 121,3 |
| October | 326,6 | 116,3 | 350,4 | 131,8 |
| November | 326,4 | 116,2 | 320,3 | 120,5 |
| December | 339,1 | 120,8 | 380,2 | 143,0 |
| 2017 | ||||
| January | 369,8 | 109,1 | 388,1 | 102,1 |
| February | 377,0 | 111,2 | 390,5 | 102,7 |
| March | 368,5 | 108,7 | 363,3 | 95,5 |
| April | 357,7 | 105,5 | 373,1 | 98,1 |
| May | 353,6 | 104,3 | 358,7 | 94,3 |
| June | 336,4 | 99,2 | 333,3 | 87,7 |
| July | 335,1 | 98,8 | 349,3 | 91,9 |
| August | 350,6 | 103,4 | 372,5 | 98,0 |
| September | 370,2 | 109,2 | 396,0 | 104,2 |
Source: Russian Economic Development Ministry
Russia produced 409.2 million tonnes of oil and gas condensate in 9M 2017, 0.5% more than in 9M 2016, and refined 211.8 million tonnes, up 0.5%.
Oil production by Russia and the leading oil exporting nations ('000 barrels per day):
| 2017 | |||
| September | August | July | |
| Russia * | 10174 | 10608 | 10649 |
| OPEC (total)** | 32748 | 32659 | 32808 |
| Of which: Iraq | 4494 | 4462 | 4471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9975 | 9975 | 10025 |
* - Not including gas condensate.
** - OPEC Market indicators as at end-September 2017