Russian Urals Exports Seen Higher From Baltic

Russia is seen increasing its exports of Urals crude oil from its Baltic ports in the fourth quarter, while shipments from Novorossiisk on the Black Sea are expected to decline, a loading schedule showed on Wednesday.

On the Baltic, Urals exports from Primorsk are expected to rise to 12.8 million tonnes in the fourth quarter from 12.4 million tonnes in the third quarter, while the neighbouring port of Ust-Luga is seen handling 6.8 million tonnes of Urals, up from 6.6 million tonnes.

Exports from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk are seen down 6.6 percent to 6.9 million tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2015.

(Reporting by Gleb Gorodyankin)