Strong Urals could invite US sour competition at Saudi expense

Recent multiyear strength in CIF Rotterdam Urals differentials has potentially opened up an arbitrage to send...

Retired tanker transports Thailand’s first-ever Urals crude

A retired Tempera tanker operated by Neste Oil is on its last voyage to make the first-ever delivery of Baltic...

First Urals crude imported to US East Coast since 2013: data

Russian Urals crude was recently imported into the US East Coast for the first time since 2013, according to US Customs data.

Russian crude Urals at its highest so far this year on strong month-end demand

Russian crude Urals for loading out of the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk has spiked over 90 cents/barrel last week, to stand at its highest of the year so far, due to strong month-end demand for Urals.

Russia to boost Urals exports in first half despite cutting oil output with OPEC

Russia is set to post higher exports of Urals crude for the first half of this year despite cutting oil production ahead of schedule under a deal with OPEC aimed at boosting prices.

Baltic port Ust-Luga passes 100 mil mt of Urals loadings since launch

More than 100 million mt of Urals crude has been loaded for export at the Russian port of Ust-Luga on the...

Unipec fixes third VLCC of September Urals crude oil for Asia

Unipec has fully fixed a third VLCC tanker to take Urals crude from Skaw in the North Sea to Ningbo in China,...