Russian oil export to non-CIS up 1.8%, gas down 37% in 8 mths
MOSCOW. Oct 19 (Interfax) - Russia exported 139.241 million tonnes of oil to non-CIS countries in the first eight months of 2009, up 1.8% year-on-year, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said.
Petroleum product exports in tonnage rose by 6.3%, including growth of 23.8% for gasoline, 5.7% for diesel and 4.7% for fuel oil.
Fuel and energy exports in value fell 49% year-on-year.
Fuel and energy accounted for 69.4% of Russian exports to the non-CIS in the eight months, compared with 73.6% in the same period last year.
Oil shipments to the CIS fell 15.9% year-on-year to 10.009 million tonnes. Oil product exports fell 33.6%, including diesel - 43.4%, fuel oil - 62.4% and gasoline - 7%.
Fuel and energy exports to the CIS fell 53.2% in value.
Fuel and energy accounted for 38.1% of exports to the CIS, down from 43.6% in January-August 2008.
Russia exported 83.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas in January-August 2009. Gas exports to the non-CIS fell 36.9% to 70 bcm, while exports to the CIS grew 24.1% to 13.8 bcm.
Russian oil, petroleum product and gas exports in 8 mths of 2009:
| Product | Total | Non-CIS | CIS | |||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | |
| Crude oil | 149 249,6 | 54 899,9 | 139240,6 | 51872,7 | 10009,0 | 3027,2 |
| Petroleum products | 78 462,0 | 26 883,1 | 75008,1 | 25653,7 | 3453,9 | 1229,4 |
| Automobile gasoline | 3 481,7 | 1 318,4 | 2349,6 | 969,1 | 1132,1 | 349,3 |
| Diesel fuel | 24 857,6 | 10 873,1 | 23834,1 | 10463,2 | 1023,5 | 409,9 |
| Fuel oil | 40 223,1 | 10 610,6 | 39724,3 | 10492,9 | 498,8 | 117,7 |
| Natural gas (bcm) | 83,8 | 22 621,7 | 70,0 | - | 13,8 | - |
Russian oil, petroleum product and gas imports:
| Product | Total | Non-CIS | CIS | |||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | |
| Crude oil | 1 245,4 | 208,8 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 1245,4 | 208,8 |
| Petroleum products | 357,6 | 464,7 | 171,9 | 361,6 | 185,7 | 103,1 |
| Automobile gasoline | 55,6 | 34,9 | 5,6 | 3,8 | 50,0 | 31,1 |
| Diesel fuel | 78,2 | 47,6 | 5,6 | 2,7 | 72,6 | 44,9 |
| Fuel oil | 58,1 | 20,8 | 1,2 | 0,4 | 56,9 | 20,4 |
| Natural gas (bcm) | 5,6 | 114,2 | 0,0 | - | 5,6 | - |
Source: Federal Customs Service (FCS)