MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) -
Russia's gasoline production edged down 2% in January from a year ago to 3.49 million metric tons amid widespread refinery outages,
Kommersant
daily reported on Monday, citing industry sources.
Russia and Ukraine have targeted each other's energy infrastructure in a bid to disrupt supply lines and logistics and demoralise their opponents, as they seek the edge in a nearly two-year-old conflict that shows no sign of ending.
Outages include the halt of a unit at NORSI, the country's fourth-largest refinery located some 430 km (270 miles) east of Moscow, following what is believed to be a technical incident.
It is operated by Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil.
Kommersant said of the 3.49 million tons, 3.047 million tons were supplied to the domestic market, up 6.5% from the year-earlier period.
The newspaper said gasoline exports were reduced last month by 31.5% in annualised terms to 442,300 tons, while Lukoil cut oversees supplies by more than six times to 20,100 tons.
However, the country's largest oil producer Rosneft increased exports by 53% to 88,000 tons, according to the newspaper.
Russian Energy Ministry said on Wednesday that gasoline and diesel exports were reduced in January by 37% and 23% respectively from the same month in 2023. It didn't provide the export numbers. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Varun H K)
