Russian Blood-Soaked Export
Russia’s crude oil exports from the Black Sea in April-October 2022 (2)
08 November 2022
Following the EU decision to introduce sanctions on the maritime export of Russian crude oil starting December 5, 2022 — Council Regulation (EU) 2022/879 of June 3, 2022 — we’ve observed the following trends: retention of the total volume of Russian crude oil Black Sea exports at 3.5 million tons; certain decrease in exports to EU countries; generally unsuccessful attempts of Russia to replace exports to the EU with those to other countries. The much talked about in the media reorientation of the crude oil exports to India and China, in fact, hasn’t materialized. A month before the introduction of sanctions, Russia has been able to compensate for only up to 4% of its crude oil exports to EU countries.
The April-October 2022 Exports of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products from Russian’s Black and Azov Seas Ports: General Trends and Database (1)
08 November 2022
After a significant May 2022 surge of 13.9 million tons per month, the total volume of Russian sea exports of crude oil and petroleum products from the Black and Azov sea ports, has been showing a steady downward trend to 10.7 million tons in October 2022. In view of the situation, Russia has been making consistent attempts to reorient its crude oil export flows from the EU+ states to other countries of the world. However, considering those a success would be premature. The introduction of the European embargo on the import of oil on oil mixtures may lead to Russian Black Sea crude oil exports crashing by half.
September 2022 Database of Russian Oil and Diesel Fuel Carriers From the Black and Azov Seas
17 October 2022
The EU has ruled to introduce an embargo on Russian oil imported by sea starting December 5, 2022, and oil products – starting February 5, 2023. Meanwhile, in September 2022, 183 tankers of shipowners from 23 countries transported Russian and Caspian Kazakh-Russian crude oil and petroleum products from the Black and Azov Sea ports. Of those, 95 (52%) belong to shipowners from the EU and other western states. After the embargo kicks in, shipowners from those countries should be ready to find a new job for their 95 tankers. This mainly applies to Greek shipowners, whose share in that tanker fleet is 80% (76 tankers).
Сrude Oil Export from Russian Black and Azov Sea Ports in April-August 2022
19 September 2022
If in July 2022 the RF crude oil was imported from the Black and Azov seas to 7 EU countries, in August that number dropped to 4. Only Greece, the traditional leader of our ranking, almost doubled its imports that month raising its share in the Russian Black Sea-Azov crude oil EU imports from 34 to 61%. There have been no signs of any exports reorientation to India and China. Moreover, in August, for the first time since the beginning of the large-scale war, India actually reduced imports by 30.27%, or 266,875 tons, while China did not import a single ton of Russia’s Black Sea oil.
Exports of petroleum products (except crude oil) from Russia’s ports on the Black and Azov Seas in April-July 2022
16 August 2022
Since 24 February, when the escalation of the war began, the total volume of Russia’s petroleum products exports from the ports on the Black and Azov Seas (in contrast to the exports of crude oil) has hardly changed - it has remained at the level of 3 million tons per month. However, the structure of these exports has been changing radically since June-July 2022. From May to July 2022, the share of "EU+" countries in the imports of Russia’s petroleum products from the ports on the Black and Azov Seas decreased from 71.1% to 54.2%.
Exports of crude oil from Russia’s ports on the Black Sea in April-July 2022
12 August 2022
In July 2022, for the first time in 4 months, sea exports of Russia’s crude oil from the ports on the Black and Azov Seas decreased significantly compared to the previous month - by almost 1 million tons, or by 22.4%. So far, Russia has not been able to compensate for the reduction in crude oil exports to EU countries by increasing exports to other countries. No reorientation of Russia’s crude oil exports from the ports on the Black and Azov Seas to India and China, about which so much has been said in the media, has actually been observed. The export of “Kazakh-Russian” CPC oil is increasingly playing the role of a psychological irritant for the leadership of the Russian Federation.
Exports of crude oil and petroleum products from Russian ports on the Black Sea in April-June 2022. The overall assessment
24 July 2022
In April-June 2022, EU countries remained the largest importers of Russian petroleum products from the ports on the Black and Azov Seas. In total, in April-June 2022, the Russian Federation exported 36.8 million tons of crude oil and petroleum products from the ports on the Black and Azov Seas. Of these, 21.5 million tons or 58.4% were exported to EU countries.
Exports of "Kazakh-Russian" crude oil from Russian ports on the Black Sea in April-May 2022 (2)
27 June 2022
Note that two separate streams of crude oil are exported from Russian Black Sea ports: the first one consists of only crude oil originating from Russian fields, and the second one is a blend of crude oil from Kazakhstan (80%) with Russian crude oil from Lukoil fields located in the RF (20%). The blend of Kazakh and Russian crude oil is exported exclusively through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s pipeline and its separate CPC terminal in Novorossiysk. This oil is not subject to EU sanctions, which were introduced on 03 June 2022.
Blood Oil: Russia’s export of petroleum products from the ports of the Black and Azov Seas in May 2022 (1). Russian crude oil
22 June 2022
From 1 to 31 May 2022, the total amount of Russian oil and petroleum products exported from Russian ports on the Black and Azov Seas amounted to at least 13,995,558 tons. Compared to April 2022, there was an increase of 27.5% or 3 million tons.
Blood Oil: Russia’s export of oil and petroleum products from the ports of the Black and Azov Seas in April 2022
27 May 2022
From 1 to 30 April 2022, the total amount of Russian oil and petroleum products exported from Russian ports on the Black and Azov Seas amounted to at least 10,900,000 tons. The total number of oil tankers was 182. 142 oil tankers (78%) were received by the ports of NATO and EU countries. The undisputed leader was Turkey, whose ports received 56 oil tankers, or almost 30.8%. Greece ranked second with 42 oil tankers received, or almost 23.1%.
Blood Oil. On 11/04–17/04/2022, at Least 50 Oil Tankers Transported About 3,000,000 Tons of Russian Oil Through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for Export
18 April 2022
The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies reports: on 11/04–17/04/2022, at least 50 oil tankers transported about 3,000,000 tons of Russian blood oil through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for export. Reference: 3,000,000 tons of Russian URALS oil costs about $2,000 million, which is equivalent to the cost of about 300 Russian Kalibr cruise missiles.
Blood Oil. On 04/04–10/04/2022, at Least 42 Oil Tankers Transported About 2,200,000 Tons of Russian Oil Through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for Export
11 April 2022
The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies reports: on 04/04–10/04/2022, at least 42 oil tankers transported about 2,200,000 tons of Russian blood oil through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for export. Reference: 2,200,000 tons of Russian URALS oil costs about $1,400 million, which is equivalent to the cost of about 220 Russian Kalibr cruise missiles.
Blood Oil: Russian export of petroleum products from the ports of the Black and Azov Seas from 14/03/2022 to 31/03/2022
07 April 2022
In the second half of March 2022, the total amount of Russian oil exported from the ports of the Black and Azov Seas was at least 7,700,000 tons. The number of oil tankers was 116. The cost of this blood URALS oil is estimated at about $ 5.24 billion. This amount is equivalent to the cost of about 770 Kalibr cruise missiles. 86 oil tankers (74%) were received by the ports of NATO and EU countries. 60% of these oil tankers belong to shipowners from EU and NATO countries.
Blood Oil. On 31/03-03/04/2022, at Least 10 Oil Tankers Transported About 140,000 Tons of Russian Oil Through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for Export
04 April 2022
The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies reports: on 31/03-03/04/2022, at least 10oil tankers transported about 140,000 tons of Russian blood oil through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for export. Reference: 140,000 tons of Russian URALS oil costs about $95 million, which is equivalent to the cost of about 14 Russian Kalibr cruise missiles.
Blood Oil. On 29-30/03/2022, at Least 12 Oil Tankers Transported About 1 Million Tons of Russian Oil Through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for Export
31 March 2022
The Monitoring Group of BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies reports: on 29-30/03/2022, at least 12 oil tankers transported about 1 million tons of Russian blood oil through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles for export. Reference: 1 million tons of Russian URALS oil costs about $680 million, which is equivalent to the cost of about 100 Russian Kalibr cruise missiles.