Russian seaborne crude exports averaged 3.55 mln bpd over the four weeks to Oct
25, down 30,000 bpd from the four-week period to Oct 18 and the lowest level in
five weeks. Weekly flows showed a rebound: 12 tankers departed Primorsk last
week versus four the prior week; the port had earlier recorded three consecutive
days with no arrivals or departures, interruptions typically linked to equipment
maintenance. Reduced Kyiv attacks on Russian refineries have allowed Moscow to
raise refinery runs, potentially diverting barrels from export to domestic
processing; no refinery strikes were reported in the seven days to Oct 25.
Russia, Ukraine and the US are pushing to open tripartite talks.
