MOSCOW: The amount of jet gasoline exports susceptible to disruption after a suspected drone assault on a Baltic Sea terminal may very well be greater than 20,000 barrels per day (bpd), a lot of it destined for Turkey, based on information from terminal proprietor Novatek.
The corporate mentioned on Sunday it had been pressured to droop some operations on the large Baltic Sea gasoline export terminal and “technological processes” at a close-by fuel-producing complicated after a fireplace began by what Ukrainian media mentioned was a drone assault.
In response to the most recent firm information obtainable, the complicated processed greater than 1 million metric tons, or greater than 20,000 bpd of jet gasoline, in 2022.
Since then, a hydrocracker unit was put in on the complicated, which has elevated capability.
Drawing on stockpiles, Novatek resumed gasoline loadings on Wednesday on the Ust-Luga terminal, based on business sources and LSEG information.
However analysts have mentioned it could take weeks, if not months, for the complicated to restart large-scale operations.
The complicated produces naphtha for Asian markets, together with China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.
It additionally produces jet gasoline, most of which is delivered to Istanbul for Turkish Airways, based on ship monitoring information and business sources.
Turkish Airways didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow, further reporting by Burcu Karakas in Istanbul; modifying by Barbara Lewis)
The corporate mentioned on Sunday it had been pressured to droop some operations on the large Baltic Sea gasoline export terminal and “technological processes” at a close-by fuel-producing complicated after a fireplace began by what Ukrainian media mentioned was a drone assault.
In response to the most recent firm information obtainable, the complicated processed greater than 1 million metric tons, or greater than 20,000 bpd of jet gasoline, in 2022.
Since then, a hydrocracker unit was put in on the complicated, which has elevated capability.
Drawing on stockpiles, Novatek resumed gasoline loadings on Wednesday on the Ust-Luga terminal, based on business sources and LSEG information.
However analysts have mentioned it could take weeks, if not months, for the complicated to restart large-scale operations.
The complicated produces naphtha for Asian markets, together with China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.
It additionally produces jet gasoline, most of which is delivered to Istanbul for Turkish Airways, based on ship monitoring information and business sources.
Turkish Airways didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin in Moscow, further reporting by Burcu Karakas in Istanbul; modifying by Barbara Lewis)
