In Russia, reduced oil production

Over the past month, oil production with condensate fell in Russia by 4%.

Against the background of a full-scale war waged by Russia against Ukraine and further economic sanctions against the aggressor in Russia, oil production has declined: the average daily production of condensate as of April 3 is about 1 million 444 thousand .t, which is 59 thousand tons less than in March (3.9%), reports “Interfax” .

Oil companies reduced production by 49 thousand tons (4.1%) – up to 1 million 137.3 thousand tons.

Transneft received 1,259 thousand tons of oil per day, which is 18.5 thousand tons more than in March (1.5%), of which Russian raw materials were received in the amount of 1230 thousand tons, 14 thousand . t more (+ 1.2%).

During the reporting day, oil supplies through the system “Transneft” amounted to 1115.4 thousand tons, which is 61 thousand tons less (5%) than last month. In particular, 540 thousand tons were delivered to Russia's refinery through Transnaft, which is 64 thousand tons less (11%) than in March.

Exports of crude oil through the Transneft system increased by 2.6 thousand tons to 575.6 thousand tons, but exports, bypassing the pipeline system, fell by 31 thousand tons to 75 thousand tons. Exports of raw materials to the CIS (Belarus) has not yet been recorded, while last month it was 8.6 thousand tons/day.

resources under the Transneft system abroad increased by 33 thousand tons – to 576 thousand tons/s (6% higher than in March). Without her participation, 75,000 tons (estimated) were exported abroad, which is 31,000 tons less than in March.

The system received 29 thousand tons of oil from Kazakhstan, which is 7 thousand tons more than in March, but this oil was not transited, while in March transit averaged 19,000 tons per day.

According to other statistics, in April the volume of commercial oil in the company's fleets increased by 756 thousand tons and at the beginning of April amounted to 2.2 million tons, while free capacity last month decreased by 1 million tons – up to 2.8 million tons .

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< span style = "font-weight: 400;"> Due to the fact that Russia has launched a full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian oil was abandoned, in particular, the United States . British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeatedly called for an end to dependence on Russian gas and oil: he believes that Russia allows itself to attack other countries because it is convinced: Western countries depend on its oil and gas > and will not be able to properly resist her actions. To reduce dependence on Russian gas, Germany has agreed on energy cooperation with Qatar .

In the second half of March, four of the world's largest oil service companies left the Russian market : Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes and Weatherford.

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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