Some Russian Oil Export Numbers

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Russian crude exports to outside the CIS dropped 6.1% in the first ten months of 2008 compared to the same period of 2007, according to preliminary data from the Fuel and Energy Central Dispatch Center.

Transneft (RTS: TRNF) President Nikolai Tokarev said recently that Russian oil exports since the beginning of November have dropped by about a quarter compared to previous months as oil companies reacted to export duties. Sources close to producers said oil companies could substantially reduce crude exports in December compared to November. The sources said that applications for oil to be exported to the west in December were much lower at the beginning of the month than what the export schedule envisions and much lower than what was exported in November.