Russian oil exports to non-CIS down 1.8% in January-April
MOSCOW. May 6 (Interfax) - Exports of Russian oil to country's outside the Commonwealth of Independent States amounted to 69.300 million tonnes, or 4.233 million barrels a day, in the first four months of this year, which was 1.8% down on the same period last year, according to an operational summary by Fuel and Energy Dispatch Center (CDU).
There was 18.611 million tonnes of Russian oil (4.547 million barrels per day) exported just in April, or 1.8% more year-on-year.
The Transneft system carried 69.103 million tonnes of Russian crude to non-CIS countries in January-April, and around 7.488 million tonnes was exported outside that system.
Transneft pumped 18.375 million tonnes of Russian oil to these countries in April alone, and other forms of transport carried 2.006 million tonnes.
Through the port of Novorossiysk and via the Transneft system was shipped - including transiting oil - 12.612 million tonnes during the four months (3.102 million tonnes in April), through Kozmino 7.000 million tonnes (1.699 million tonnes), through Primorsk 20.264 million tonnes (5.796 million tonnes), and through Ust-Luga 7.389 million tonnes (2.299 million tonnes.
Rosneft delivered via the Transneft system to non-CIS countries 20.660 million tonnes of oil in January-April (5.073 million tonnes), Lukoil - 7.103 million tonnes (1.993 million tonnes), Surgutneftegas - 10.254 million tonnes (2.933 million tonnes), TNK-BP Holding - 8.739 million tonnes (2.514 million tonnes), Gazprom Neft - 3.284 million tonnes (0.962 million tonnes), and Tatneft - 4.038 million tonnes (1.180 million tonnes).
Enterprises not part of vertically integrated oil companies delivered 3.602 million tonnes via the Transneft system in the first four months to non-CIS countries (0.882 million tonnes in April). PSA operators supplied 500,000 tonnes (125,000 tonnes).
Kazakh transit amounted to 6.189 million tonnes for January-April (1.477 million tonnes in April), Azerbaijani transit to 570,500 tonnes (159,000 tonnes).
In the first four months, Russian oil companies delivered 9.751 million tonnes of oil to CIS countries, down 0.2% year-on-year. Deliveries to Belarus were up 1.9% at 7.319 million tonnes.
Russian crude exports to Kazakhstan were up 30.9% to 2.432 million tonnes in January-April. None was delivered to Ukraine.