Urals crude differentials to dated Brent were unchanged on Friday, while Azeri BTC crude oil exports from Ceyhan port were set to drop slightly in January.

Azeri BTC loadings from the port have been set at 18.24 million barrels in January compared with 18.33 million barrels in December, the schedule seen by Reuters showed on Friday.

Russian oil supplies to the Czech Republic via the Druzhba pipeline resumed on Friday, Czech refiner Orlen Unipetrol’s CEO Mariusz Wnuk said.

PLATTS WINDOW

No bids or offers were shown for Urals, Azeri BTC or CPC Blend in the Platts window on Friday.

NEWS

Kazakhstan plans to ship 130,000 metric tons of oil to Germany in December, Kazakh pipeline operator Kaztransoil said on Friday, in addition to 1.358 million tons sent earlier this year.

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Friday that the OPEC+ decision to push back the start of oil output rises by three months until April was based mainly on fundamentals.
Source: Reuters