Month: April 2019

The volume of diesel fuel supply to the Ukrainian market in the first quarter of 2019 increased by 10.5% (by 133 thousand tons), by 1400 thousand tons, as compared to the 1 st quarter of 2018.

As reported by Dzherero in the “A-95 Consulting Group”, diesel fuel imports grew by 13.5% (145 thousand tons), 1224000 tons, domestic production decreased by 6.3% (by 12 thousand tons), in 175 ths t.

Russia remains the main source of supply of DT to the Ukrainian market. According to the results of the first quarter of the delivery of Russian DT increased by 23% (by 117 thousand tons), up to 625 thousand T and exceeded 50% of the total volume of imports.

Deliveries of Russian ZN by the petrochemical pipeline “PrykarpatZapadtrans” – the main import channel – grew by 22% (105 thousand tons), 573.5 thousand tons T.

Out of this volume 463.4 ths. T was shipped through terminals in Novograd-Volynsky (368.4 thousand tons), Smyga (82.8 thousand tons) and Dubryniches (12.1 thousand tons). The main growth of deliveries came to Novograd-Volynsky – + 13.5% to the same period of 2018

The remaining 110.1 thousand T arrived in Ukraine according to a mixed logistical scheme: an oil product pipeline to Gomel (Belarus), from where the Belarusian-Ukrainian border crossed the carriage-tanks. In comparison with the 1st quarter of 2018, these deliveries grew by 2 times.

In the 1st quarter of 2019, the volume of imports of Belarusian DT increased by 15.6% (by 65.3 ths. T), in 483.5 ths. T. The share of Belarusian fuel in the structure of imports has remained at 39%. Imports from Lithuania decreased by 14.3% (by 11.8 thousand tons) to 70.3 thousand tons. T. imports by sea decreased by 38% (by 26 thousand tons) to 42.9 thousand tons. T.

According to the “A-95 Consulting Group”, diesel deliveries from Russia in 2018 provided 40% of the Ukrainian diesel market. Last year 2597000 tons of imported from Russia were imported.

Recall that on April 18, Russia introduced new sanctions against Ukraine, which stipulates restrictions on the export of crude oil and petroleum products from June 1, 2019.

According to the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, the export of diesel fuel, propane-butane and straight-runner gasoline in Ukraine from June 1 is possible only on the basis of permits issued by the Ministry of Economic Development.

Source: enkorr

The Naftogaz Association of Ukraine (NAU) does not see the risks of fuel shortages in connection with the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation to impose sanctions against Ukraine. To this conclusion, the NAU came after analyzing the ruling №460-25 of April 18, according to a press release from the association.

“According to this document, from June 1, 2019, the import of diesel fuel, gasoline and liquefied gas to Ukraine will be carried out on the basis of permits of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. From the document it does not follow that the volumes of fuel will be somehow limited, “- said in a message.

According to representatives of NAU, if fuel suppliers receive timely permission, the situation on the Ukrainian oil market will remain unchanged.

“To date, the criteria and rules by which such permits will be issued, have not yet been published,” experts noted.

The NAU also noted that the degree of diversification of the Ukrainian market exceeds the level of many European states. From 2017, fuel to Ukraine comes from more than 10 countries with the use of various logistics schemes – marine, rail, automobile and pipeline, which allows to organize any deliveries in a short time.

“Therefore, in the event of a delay in the issuance of permits to fuel suppliers, the Ukrainian market is rapidly reoriented to supplies from other countries: Belarus, Poland, Romania, Hungary and others. In this case, there may be slight fluctuations in the cost of fuel due to changes in logistics supply routes “, – summed up in the industry association.

According to the source, on April 18 Russia introduced new sanctions against Ukraine, which stipulates restrictions on the export of oil and petroleum products from June 1, 2019

According to the decision of the Russian government, the export of diesel fuel, propane-butane and straight-run gasoline in Ukraine from June 1 is possible only on the basis of permits issued by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.

Announces: enkorr

Ukrgasdobycha JSC at an electronic auction on April 16 for the first time this year sold road bitumen. The results of the auction are published by the Ukrainian Energy Exchange (UEB).

The company sold all the 60 tons of bitumen of the 130/200 brand produced at the plant in Lviv region at 14,000 UAH / t.

Recall that during the speech at the seminar “Bitumen: supply and technology”, organized by Consulting Group A-95, the head of sales and marketing at Ukrgasdobycha, Yuri Kuzmin, said that the company’s plans to start purchasing asphalteno tar in the near future contain substances to increase the volume of release of road bitumen.

According to the source, the volume of the bitumen market in 2018 reached a record figure for the last ten years and amounted to 695.5 thousand tons. This is 1.2% more than in the previous year.

Ukrgasdobycha produces bitumen at the Shebelinsky gas processing plant and a bitumen plant in the Lviv region.

Shebelinsky GPP is located in the Kharkiv region and is one of two refineries operating in Ukraine. From 2016, the plant switched to the production of gasoline and diesel fuel of Euro-5 standard. In 2018, the volume of processing of raw materials at the enterprise amounted to 454 thousand tons. In 2018, the plant produced 130.6 thousand tons of gasoline (2.4% of the market volume), 85.1 thousand tons of HP (12.6%) and 31.3 thousand tons of mazut (-7.9%).

Since 2016, the plant’s products are sold on the stock exchange in the electronic auction mode, trading in differentials with the execution of term contracts is also practiced.

Report: enkorr

Concern PKN Orlen (Poland) has reduced purchases of Russian oil for the Polish refinery in Plock, to 50% of its load, according to the company’s announcement.

“Every month, about 1,4 million tons of crude oil are supplied to the Plotsky Refinery, of which about 700 thousand T are on average on alternative routes, including from Saudi Arabia,” the report said.

The first long-term oil supply contract between Orlen and Saudi Aramco was signed in 2016. In 2018, the Polish concern imported 3.5 million tons of raw material from Saudi Arabia (approximately 300 thousand T per month). “The just-signed deal will allow Orlen Group to purchase an additional 800 thousand T of Saudi oil, which means that the volume of imported Saudi oil will increase to about 400 thousand tons a month,” the company said.

The first long-term oil supply contract between Orlen and Saudi Aramco was signed in 2016. In 2018, the Polish concern imported 3.5 million tons of raw material from Saudi Arabia (approximately 300 thousand T per month). “The just-signed deal will allow Orlen Group to purchase an additional 800 thousand T of Saudi oil, which means that the volume of imported Saudi oil will increase to about 400 thousand tons a month,” the company said.

All Orlen reduced purchases of Russian oil by 30%, replacing supplies from alternative sources – Saudi Arabia, Norway, Nigeria and Angola.

If in 2007-2013 Russia accounted for more than 90% of the oil imports of PKN Orlen, then its share has now dropped to 70%.

“Thanks to Orlen’s policy of diversifying supply lines, currently 30% of crude oil is being processed at all refineries (Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic), comes from Russia,” the report said.

PKN Orlen is one of the largest refineries in Central Europe. It manages six refineries: Poland (3), Czech Republic (2) and Lithuania (1), including the ultra-modern refinery in Plotsk (capacity 16.3 million tons). The total processing capacity is 35.2 million tons. PKN Orlen also manages a network of 2803 gas stations: 1787 in Poland, 582 in Germany, 409 in the Czech Republic and 25 in Lithuania. The Group is one of the largest suppliers of petroleum products to Ukraine.

Orlen Lietuva includes the Mazeikiai oil refinery with a capacity of 10.2 million tons / year, the Buting and Birzha oil terminals, as well as the Mazeikiu petroleum trading house (“Mazeikiu nafta”), Orlen Latvija, Orlen Eesti and a number of other companies.

Announces: enkorr

Futures for Brent crude with delivery in June on Monday morning rose in price to 70.65 dollars per barrel.

This writes UNN referring to the data Bloomberg.

За даними видання станом на 8:09, вартість ф’ючерсів на нафту марки Brent піднялася на 0,44%.

According to the publication as of 8:09, the cost of futures for Brent crude oil rose by 0.44%.

The price of May futures for WTI crude oil rose to 63.38 dollars per barrel, adding 0.48%.

After serious doubts, the traders finally decided to raise the price of Brent oil above $ 70 per barrel, which allowed Saudi Arabia to achieve its first goal for global oil prices for this year.

A positive period for the increase in oil prices, which led to their phenomenal growth of 33% in the first quarter (significant quarterly growth over the past 10 years) continued last Monday after a positive report from OPEC and data on business growth in China’s manufacturing sector.

In March, oil production by 14 OPEC countries fell for the fourth month in a row, dropping by 295 thousand barrels per day to 30,385,000 barrels. According to Bloomberg survey of officials and analysts, as well as information about the movement of tankers, Saudi Arabia has reduced oil production to a minimum of four years – 9,280,000 barrels per day.

The rise in oil prices did not stop even after the American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday published its weekly report on the level of supply and demand in the oil market, which provided for an increase in US oil reserves.

However, a report by the US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) published on Wednesday confirmed that US crude oil inventories rose by 7,200,000 barrels in the week that ended March 29. The official report on the second week of the growth of oil reserves in the United States, after their increase by 2,800,000 over the previous week, instantly knocked the oil “bulls” off their course. Although the bulk of the growth in oil reserves was related to the problems of shipping oil through the shipping channel of Houston, but the report caused a question about the demand for oil.

However, on Thursday Brent oil prices exceeded the level of $ 70 per barrel for the first time in almost five months and reached $ 70.47 per barrel before dropping to the end of the week. On Friday, prices for American WTI oil reached $ 63.34 per barrel – the maximum since November last year. Oil prices were supported by a good report on US employment in March and optimism about the possible signing of a trade agreement between the US and China. Markets did not respond to the fact that over the past week, American oil producers increased the number of existing drilling rigs by 15. This was the first increase in this indicator in seven weeks.

Reports: oilreview

The unitary enterprise “oil-bitumen plant” (Belarus), which in March received permission from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to purchase the PrikarpatZapadtrans oil product pipeline, plans to organize pipeline deliveries of diesel fuel from the Mozyr oil refinery. The owner of the company, Nikolay Vorobey, said this in an interview with the Belarusian edition of TUT.BY.

“We intend to provide services for the transportation of petroleum products on the export resource of Belarusian refineries, and first of all the Mozyr Refinery, which has direct access to the pipeline system with the possibility of further transportation in the PrikarpatZapadtrans system, and these are supplies to Ukraine and the possibility of transit to other European countries “, – said N. Vorobiev.

He is confident that the logistical advantages of pipeline transport will increase competitiveness and increase the share of the presence of Belarusian fuel in the Ukrainian market.

According to Nikolay Vorobea, after completion of the project on hydrocracking of heavy residues at the Mozyr Oil Refinery, an increase in the output of light petroleum products is expected. “These are the” light “and better transported by pipeline transport,” – said the owner of the company.

As reported by the source, the permission of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to acquire 50% of the oil-bitumen plant at PrikarpatZapadtrans LLC was received on March 18. The amount of the transaction by the parties is not disclosed. As of the morning of April 3, the owner of the company in the Ukrainian registry is still the Swiss company International Trading Partners AG and its beneficiary, Anatoly Scheffer.

All deliveries of Belarusian diesel fuel in Ukraine are carried out by rail. After the resumption of PrikarpatZapadtrans operation, the volume of supplies of Belarusian diesel fuel in Ukraine decreased by 20% from 2,700,000 tons in 2016 to 2,150,000 tons in 2018, and the market share decreased from 46% to 33%

Oil Bitumen Plant is owned by businessman Nikolai Vorobei, the largest private Belarusian oil trader Interservice. Since 2016, Interservice has supplied to Russia from Belarus ZN of Russian production in the amount of about 60 thousand. Sources in Belarus report that in recent years the company has actively transshipped Russian oil products until last year the scheme was closed by Russia. Directly the “oil-bitumen plant” itself is one of the suppliers of bitumen to the Ukrainian market. In 2018, he sent about 7 thousand tons of this product in Ukraine.

PrikarpatZapadtrans operates a section of the Samara-Zapadnaya Direction oil pipeline with a length of about 1.1 thousand km, intended for pumping diesel fuel from Russia and Belarus both for the internal needs of Ukraine and for transit to Europe, in particular, to Hungary. line capacity – 3,500,000 tons per year.

The pumping of oil products through the Ukrainian oil product pipeline was not carried out for two years prior to the sale due to legal proceedings in Ukraine regarding the ownership of the site and product in the pipe.

In June 2016, the oil product pipelines were restored pumping diesel fuel in Novograd-Volynsky, from September – in Smiga and in May 2017 – in Dubrynichi.

At the end of 2016, Ukraine received 910 thousand tons of pipeline ZN 2017 – 1,800,000 tons, in 2018 – 2,400,000 tons or 37% of the total market balance.

Informs: enkorr

JSC “Ukrzaliznytsya” since March 30 increased tariffs for freight by 14.2%, the company said. “The indexation of tariffs for freight rail transportation within Ukraine by 14.2% is the first step towards the introduction of a permanent model of automatic indexation of tariffs for the index of prices of producers of industrial products”, – said in a note. The new system of automatic indexation of tariffs can be elaborated up to July 1 of this year. Earlier, the UZ had planned to raise tariffs since February 1, but then the increase was not agreed upon by the State Regulatory Service. Her agreement was only received on March 22.

The increase in tariffs by 14.2% turned out to be 2.4 p. P Below the plans that UZ announced at the end of 2018. Then in November, it was intended to index the freight rates from February 1, 2019 by 16.6%.

In the “A-95 Consulting Group”, it is noted that the rise in rail freight transportation by 14.2% will cause the growth of large wholesale fuel prices within the range of 20-50 UAH / ton. Specific figures depend on the type of fuel and supply logistics. For example, when transporting LPG from Belarus (border crossing Slavic-Berezhelyte) Art. Korosten Zhytomyrskoy, the cost of the resource will increase by 50 UAH / t (here and thereafter without VAT). Deliveries of Belarusian DT to Korosten can cost the operators 25 UAH / t more.

Transportation of Russian DT via the border crossing of Nightingale Topoli to the station Kupyansk (Kharkiv region). It costs 20 UAH / t, SUG – 35 UAH / t.

According to the results of 2018, the share of rail deliveries in the structure of imports of ZN amounted to 56%, gasoline – 99%, LPG – 78%.

According to the source, the latest increase in tariffs occurred on October 1, 2017, when the services of “Ukrzaliznytsy” for the carriage of goods increased by 15%. In 2018, the Ministry of Economic Development predicted that in 2019-2021, Freight rates for freight will increase annually by 20-25%.

Source: enkorr