BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 12. Crude exports through the Transneft system declined on all pipelines except the Druzhba in February, Trend reports with reference to OPEC.
On the whole, outflows declined 108 tb/d, or around 3 percent, to average 3.8 mb/d. Compared with the same month the previous year, exports were 450 tb/d, or 14 percent, higher.
On the eastward side of the system, Baltic Sea exports declined 155 tb/d m-o-m, or about 11 percent, to average 1.2 mb/d. This was the result of shipments from Primorsk declining 86 tb/d, or 10 percent, to 763 tb/d, while outflows from Ust-Luga slipped 68 tb/d m-o-m, or about 12 percent, to average 484 tb/d. Shipments via the Druzhba pipeline rose 78 tb/d m-o-m to average 827 tb/d.
In contrast, total shipments from the Black Sea increased by 77 tb/d m-o-m, or 24 percent, to average 405 tb/d. In terms of flows to Asia, Kozmino shipments declined 62 tb/d m-o-m, or around 8 percent, to average 687 tb/d. Exports to China via the ESPO pipeline were declined 46 tb/d m-o-m averaging 587 tb/d in February. In the Lukoil system, exports via the Barents Sea remained halted in February, while those from the Baltic Sea dipped slightly. On other routes, Russia’s Far East exports declined 66 tb/d m-o-m, or 19 percent, to average 281 tb/d in February. This was 26 percent lower compared with the same month of 2021.
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