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| Russia ramps up oil shipments — report |
| 2022-04-23 |
| [RT] Russian exports of crude oil have soared despite efforts to ban energy purchases from the country by the US and its allies, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing data from TankerTrackers.com. Shipments of crude from Russian ports have surged to about 1.6 million barrels per day over the course of April compared to 1.3 million barrels per day recorded in March, up by 300,000 barrels per day, the data shows. Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, the SWAT team had finally arrived... similar data from Kpler, another commodities data provider, revealed that the exports rose to 1.3 million barrels a day in April from a million of barrels per day in mid-March. The tankers leaving Russian ports were reportedly heading to "destinations unknown," and European oil traders have been buying it up under the radar. In April so far, more than 11.1 million barrels were reportedly shipped by tankers without a planned route, which is up from almost none before the launch of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Not to mention that the people arranging clandestine transactions at "destinations unknown" are getting a piece of the action, cutting further into the reduced revenue stream. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-23 19:38 |
| #1 If they have to sell each barrel clandestinely for less, they have to get their profits from volume. So no surprise there. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-04-23 19:21 |