In 2023, Russia will send more than 80% of oil exports and 75% of oil products to “friendly countries,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in an article published on Monday.
“In the current year, it is expected that more than 80% of crude oil exports and 75% of petroleum products exports will be sent to friendly countries,” Novak said in a text published in Energy Policy magazine, also responsible for energy. sector from Russia.
At the same time, Novak stressed that Russia’s position regarding states that support “illegal restrictions” on Russian oil prices “remains unchanged.”
“These countries will not receive Russian oil,” he stressed, referring to the sanctions imposed by the West after the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
On December 5, 2022, the European Union (EU) embargo on oil supplies from Russia by sea came into force, coinciding with the imposition by Brussels, the G7 and Australia of a maximum price of $60 (€56) per barrel. Russian crude oil.
In addition, on the 5th of this month, the EU, G7 and Australia also began to apply maximum prices for Russian oil products – $100 (93.6 euros) per barrel for diesel fuel and $40 (37.5 euros) per barrel for other derivatives. .
Novak recalled that in 2022 Russia produced 535.2 million tons of oil, which is 02% more than in 2021, while oil exports increased by 7.6% and amounted to 272 million tons.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation stressed that in 2022 a project was completed to increase the carrying capacity of the Kozmino port in the Russian Far East, which made it possible to guarantee an increase in crude oil exports to the countries of the region, the Asia-Pacific region.
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Source: CM Jornal
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