MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Russia has fully scrapped its oil export plans via Ukraine in January and will have to divert some 0.5 million tonnes of crude meant for the port of Yuzhny to other destinations, traders said on Friday.
Traders said Russian officials told oil firms, which had been due to ship crude from Yuzhny and included Rosneft , TNK-BP and Tatneft, to scrap the plans and that new destinations were likely to be fixed next week.
(Reporting by Gleb Gorodyankin; writing by Dmitry Zhdannikov; editing by Maria Kiselyova) Keywords: RUSSIA UKRAINE/OIL (dmitri.zhdannikov@reuters.com, +7 495 775 12 42, Reuters Messaging: dmitri.zhdannikov.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Traders said Russian officials told oil firms, which had been due to ship crude from Yuzhny and included Rosneft , TNK-BP and Tatneft, to scrap the plans and that new destinations were likely to be fixed next week.
(Reporting by Gleb Gorodyankin; writing by Dmitry Zhdannikov; editing by Maria Kiselyova) Keywords: RUSSIA UKRAINE/OIL (dmitri.zhdannikov@reuters.com, +7 495 775 12 42, Reuters Messaging: dmitri.zhdannikov.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.