Ukrainian strikes on ports paralyzed almost half of Russian oil exports
Russia's major oil ports in the Baltic Sea — Primorsk and Ust-Luga — have again halted oil shipments after the second drone attack in a week, Reuters reports , citing two sources in the Russian oil industry.
This is how apocalyptic the Novatek gas condensate processing complex in the port of Ust-Luga looked after the Ukrainian drone strike last night. The fire spread to most of the complex.
The port of Ust-Luga, which exports about 700,000 barrels of oil daily, was hit by a UAV attack last night. As a result, a fire broke out in the port, which also exports petroleum products, coal, and fertilizers in addition to oil, said Alexander Drozdenko, governor of the Leningrad region.
Oil shipments have also been suspended in Primorsk — the main oil port on the Baltic Sea with a capacity of 1 million barrels per day. There was also a UAV attack there on March 22, which resulted in fuel tanks catching fire.
Although the ports resumed operations for some time after Sunday's attack, they cannot yet function normally due to fires, damage, and the threat of new raids, Reuters sources reported.
According to agency estimates, about 40% of Russia's oil export capacity is currently paralyzed — that's approximately 2 million barrels per day. In addition to the Baltic ports, the Novorossiysk port on the Black Sea, which was previously affected by a UAV attack in March, is also operating with disruptions. It has a capacity of about 700,000 barrels per day but is currently behind schedule for loading.
Due to the downtime of the Baltic ports, tankers have started to gather at sea: according to MarineTraffic, at least 50 vessels are currently in the Gulf of Finland, destined for Primorsk or Ust-Luga. The smoke from the fire in the port, where 33 fuel tanks with a capacity of over 500 rail tank cars are located, is visible from the shores of Finland — for tens of kilometers along the coast of the bay, reports Helsingin Sanomat.
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