OREANDA-NEWS  In the period from December 24 to January 21, Russian oil supplies by sea fell by 50,000 barrels per day, to 3.36 million barrels. The last weekly figure was 3.02 million barrels (minus 340 thousand barrels per day), which was the lowest since the beginning of December last year, Bloomberg reports.

According to the agency, the main reason for this result was a fire in the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region, which led to a drop in shipments in the Baltic Sea. A condensate processing plant located next to the crude oil shipment terminal was on fire, which caused the planned processes to be postponed.

In this regard, as well as due to bad weather, the cost of offshore oil exports decreased from $1.52 billion per week to $1.38 billion. The average income over the past four weeks has fallen by $25 million per week, to the same $1.52 billion.

The fire in Ust-Luga began on the night of January 21. Novatek called it an external influence, and the Kremlin noted that the Ministry of Defense and air Defense systems "are taking the necessary measures to protect against such terrorist attacks." Before that, a video appeared on the network where an airplane-type drone flies over the enterprise.