MOSCOW: Russian gasoline exports rose 31.0 percent in December from the month before, while shipments of gas oil and fuel oil increased by 3.4 percent and 1.2 percent respectively, Energy Ministry data and Reuters calculations showed.
Russian domestic supplies of gasoline and gas oil were up in December by 7.1 percent and 6.2 percent respectively, while local supplies of fuel oil fell 10.2 percent.
Kirishi refinery in northwest Russia, owned by Surgutneftegaz, increased its gasoline and gas oil exports by 77.4 percent and 21.7 percent respectively in December, after unplanned maintenance at the hydrocracking complex.
Due to a leak on a major pipeline delivering oil to the Black Sea port of Tuapse in December the Tuapse refinery, owned by Rosneft, dropped its capacity by 29.6 percent.
Gas oil and fuel export supplies fell by 29.4 percent and 9.7 percent respectively month-on-month. Perm refinery, owned by Lukoil, decreased its processing in December by 29.3 percent from the previous month due to an accident at a crude distillation unit (CDU).
Gas oil and fuel oil exports shipments were down in December by 21.9 percent and 13.8 percent respectively.
Moscow refinery, owned by Gazprom Neft, increased its capacity in December after major overhaul and boosted fuel oil exports by 198.6 percent.
At the same time some of Russia`s refineries partially postponed their oil products export supplies on expectations of lower duties in January 2015.
YEAR-ON-YEAR
Compared with a year ago, Russian gasoline exports in December fell 1.9 percent, while domestic shipments were up 4.7 percent.
Total gasoline output rose 6.5 percent to 3.553 million tonnes compared with 3.336 million tonnes in the same period last year.
Gasoil exports increased by 8.3 percent, while local supplies fell 4.3 percent.
Total production of gasoil rose in December by 2.9 percent year-on-year to 6.811 million tonnes.
Exports of fuel were down by 3.4 percent, while local supplies increased by 9.6 percent on a yearly basis. Fuel oil output was up 1.2 percent compared to a year ago.
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