MOSCOW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Urals and KEBCO loadings from
Russia's Baltic ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk in February were
set at 6.3 million tonnes, down from 7.1 million tonnes in the
January plan, Reuters sources said.
On a daily basis, loadings from the port will slip by 2%
from January, Reuters calculations showed. February is three
days shorter than January.
This month Primorsk will load 3.6 million tonnes of Urals,
while Ust-Luga will load 2.7 million tonnes of crude, including
2.5 million tonnes of Urals and 0.2 million tonnes of KEBCO.
Urals, KEBCO and Siberian Light loadings from Russia's Black
Sea port of Novorossiisk in February were set at 2.38 million
tonnes, up from 2.18 million in the January plan.
Kazakhstan last year changed the name of the oil it exports
via Russian sea ports from Urals to Kazakhstan Export Blend
Crude Oil (KEBCO) to dissociate it from oil originating in
Russia in order to avoid sanction risks and issues with
financing.
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