VOL. XLI

No. 09

2-March-1998

FSU

Russian Non-CIS Crude Oil Exports Rise During 1997

According to data released by the Russian State Statistics Committee and the StateCustoms Committee, and reported by the Russian news agency Interfax, Russiaexported 109.75mn tons of crude oil (2.195mn b/d) outside the Commonwealth of IndependentStates (CIS) during 1997, an increase of more than 4mn tons over the 1996 figure of105.38mn tons (2.108mn b/d). Petroleum product exports increased to 58.39mn tons from...