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Add as preferred source on GoogleRussia's fuel exports dropped 17% in September due to drone attacks on refineries, affecting output and export levels.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's seaborne oil product exports fell 17.1% in September from August to 7.58 million metric tons due to less fuel production as various refineries were impacted by drone attacks, data from industry sources and Reuters calculations showed.
Several major refineries were attacked by drones in August and September, including Surgutneftegaz's Kirishinefteorgsintez refinery, Lukoil's Volgograd refinery and Rosneft's Samara group of refineries.
The resulting unplanned outages at a number of key refineries curtailed fuel exports and drove up crude oil shipments, market sources said.
In September, total oil product exports via the Baltic ports of Primorsk, Vysotsk, St Petersburg and Ust-Luga fell by 15.4% month-on-month to 4.36 million tons, data from market sources showed.
Fuel exports via Russia's Black Sea and Azov Sea ports last month decreased 23.2% from August to 2.52 million tons.
Oil product exports from Russia's Arctic ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk rose slightly in September - by 1.8% on a monthly basis - to 30,200 tons.
Fuel export loadings at Russia's Far East ports were down 1.5% month-on-month last month to 661,300 tons, data from sources and Reuters calculations showed.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
Seaborne fuel export refers to the transportation of fuel products via ships from one country to another. It is a significant aspect of international trade in energy resources.
Drone attacks involve the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to strike specific targets. In the context of the article, these attacks impacted oil refineries in Russia.
A refinery is an industrial facility where raw materials, such as crude oil, are processed and transformed into usable products like gasoline, diesel, and other petroleum products.
The Baltic Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in Northern Europe, bordered by several countries including Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic states.
Crude oil is a naturally occurring, unrefined petroleum product composed of hydrocarbon deposits and other organic materials. It is a primary source of energy and raw material for various products.
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