Russian oil exports down 1.4% in 2013 - Rosstat
MOSCOW. Feb 21 (Interfax) - Russian oil and gas condensate exports fell 1.4% in 2013 to 236.6 million tonnes, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said, quoting figures from the Federal Customs Service (FCS) which include trade with Belarus.
Oil accounted for 33% of overall Russian exports in 2013, down from 34.5% in the same period of last year, and 46.7% of overall fuel and energy exports (49.1%).
The average export price for oil in December 2013 was $739.9 per tonne, or 1.4% lower than in November. Urals blend traded at $802.1 a tonne in the world market, up 2.4% from November.
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 | |
| 2012 | ||||
| January | 745,3 | 99,1 | 801,5 | 102,1 |
| February | 786,3 | 104,5 | 868,1 | 110,6 |
| March | 820,1 | 109,0 | 895,0 | 114,0 |
| April | 813,3 | 108,1 | 854,8 | 108,9 |
| May | 775,9 | 103,1 | 794,7 | 101,2 |
| June | 688,0 | 91,5 | 682,1 | 86,9 |
| July | 681,6 | 90,6 | 748,8 | 95,4 |
| August | 730,8 | 97,1 | 825,6 | 105,1 |
| September | 759,0 | 100,9 | 814,4 | 103,7 |
| October | 761,5 | 101,2 | 805,8 | 102,6 |
| November | 751,4 | 99,9 | 790,5 | 100,7 |
| December | 735,7 | 97,8 | 790,8 | 100,7 |
| 2013 | ||||
| January | 748,2 | 101,7 | 816,2 | 103,2 |
| February | 766,8 | 104,2 | 835,5 | 105,7 |
| March | 746,3 | 101,4 | 778,7 | 98,5 |
| April | 710,5 | 96,6 | 738,0 | 93,3 |
| May | 687,0 | 93,4 | 746,6 | 94,4 |
| June | 695,5 | 94,5 | 750,8 | 94,9 |
| July | 717,9 | 97,6 | 790,2 | 99,9 |
| August | 736,9 | 100,2 | 811,1 | 102,6 |
| September | 758,4 | 103,1 | 809,3 | 102,3 |
| October | 750,3 | 102,0 | 787,7 | 99,6 |
| November | 750,5 | 102,0 | 783,4 | 99,1 |
| December | 739,9 | 100,6 | 802,1 | 101,4 |
Source: Russian Economic Development Ministry
Russia produced 522.9 million tonnes of oil and gas condensate in 2013, 0.9% more than a year previously, and refined 278.2 million tonnes, up 2.7%.
Oil production (not including gas condensate) by Russia and the leading oil exporting nations ('000 barrels per day):
| 2013 | |||
| December | November | October | |
| Russia * | 10338 | 10068 | 10357 |
| OPEC (total)** | 29443 | 29463 | 29848 |
| Of which: Iraq | 2983 | 3038 | 2964 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9424 | 9655 | 9714 |
* - Not including gas condensate.
** - OPEC Market indicators as at end-December 2013