9 Jan 2013 12:06

Russian oil exports to non-CIS countries 0.3% down in 2012

MOSCOW. Jan 9 (Interfax) - Russian oil exports to non-Commonwealth of Independent States countries went down by 0.3% to 211.477 million tonnes (4.235 million barrels a day) in 2012, according to the Fuel and Energy Dispatch Center (CDU).

Russia exported 16.960 million tonnes of crude in December (4.010 million barrels per day).

Transneft pipelines carried 189.635 million tonnes of crude to non-CIS countries, in addition to 21.843 million tonnes supplied other than by Transneft.

Transneft delivered 14.937 million tonnes of crude to non-CIS countries in December.

Transneft shipped 42.511 million tonnes of crude via the port of Novorossiysk (including transit) last year and 3.248 million tonnes in December; 0.739 million tonnes (none in December) via Tuapse, 16.299 million tonnes (1.798 million) via Kozmino, 68.153 million tonnes (4.589 million) via Primorsk, and 14.280 million tonnes (1.699 million) via Ust-Luga.

Exports to non-CIS countries through Transneft pipelines stood last year at 60.916 million tonnes (5.180 million) of Rosneft oil, 24.643 million tonnes (1.590 million) of Lukoil oil, 26.718 million tonnes (2.346 million) of Surgutneftegaz oil, 30.133 million tonnes (2.089 million) of TNK-BP Holding oil, 11.945 million tonnes (0.813 million) of Gazprom Neft oil, and 11.881 million tonnes (0.922 million) of Tatneft oil.

Enterprises unaffiliated with vertically integrated oil companies moved to non-CIS countries by Transneft pipelines 10.928 million tonnes of crude in 2012 (0.937 million in December). PSA operators exported 1.556 million tonnes (0.131 million).

Kazakhstan transited 19.178 million tonnes (1.598 million), Azerbaijan - 2.000 million tonnes (0.167 million) and Turkmenistan - 0.014 million (none in November).

Russian oil companies cut oil exports to CIS countries by 5.7% in 2012 to 28.167 million tonnes (2.775 million tonnes in December). Exports to Ukraine dipped by 6.4 times year-on-year to 0.725 million tonnes (Russia stopped oil exports to Ukraine in March 2012). Russian oil exports to Kazakhstan reduced by 13.3% to 6.145 million tonnes (0.728 million in December).

Oil exports to Belarus grew by 17.4% to 21.297 million tonnes in 2012 (2.047 million).

Monthly Russian oil exports via Transneft system to non-CIS countries (1,000 tonnes):

December January-December +/- of 2012 target
Total: 16839.457 212471.3 93.6%
- by sea 11334.471 141983.1 93.1%
- by pipeline 5425.011 70044.8 93.9%
- by rail (including BPC) 79.975 443.4
Lukoil 1590.315 24642.7 84.5%
- by sea 918.854 16508.4 83.7%
- by pipeline 671.461 8134.3 86.1%
- by rail
Surgutneftegas 2345.871 26718.2 99.6%
- by sea 1698.915 19023.7 99.5%
- by pipeline 646.956 7694.6 100.0%
TNK-BP Holding 2088.675 30133.4 97.5%
- by sea 1120.175 16612.8 96.9%
- by pipeline 968.500 13520.6 98.3%
- by rail
Tatneft 922.641 11881.0 99.6%
- by sea 701.427 8206.9 100.1%
- by pipeline 221.214 3674.1 98.5%
- by rail
Gazprom Neft 813.211 11945.2 68.5%
- by sea 499.711 9010.2 68.0%
- by pipeline 313.500 2935.0 70.0%
- by rail
Bashneft 379.817 4479.3 83.4%
- by sea 299.817 2299.3 93.8%
- by pipeline 80.000 2180.0 74.6%
- by rail
Rosneft 5180.429 60915.9 99.5%
- by sea 3117.247 36456.9 99.7%
- by pipeline 2063.182 24459.0 99.3%
- by rail
Gazprom 55.044 675.4 98.6%
- by sea 55.044 600.0 100.2%
- by pipeline 75.3 87.6%
RussNeft 413.178 5315.6 100.4%
- by sea 259.599 3281.9 99.9%
- by pipeline 153.579 2033.6 101.2%
- by rail
PSA operators 131.365 1556.2 100.0%
- by sea 131.365 1556.2 100.0%
- by pipeline
- by rail
Other producers 936.055 10928.2 83.8%
- by sea 766.936 8206.0 83.7%
- by pipeline 169.119 2722.3 83.9%
BPC 79.975 443.4
Transit through Kazakhstan 1598.385 19178.0 96.8%
- by sea 1598.385 18207.1 97.9%
- by pipeline 970.9 80.6%
Transit through Azerbaijan 166.996 2000.0 100.0%
Transit through Turkmenistan 13.6 7.5%
Belarus 137.500 1645.1 99.6%

Source: CDU.