Russian Oil Exports Surge With Days to Go Until Cuts Begin

Shipments rise to the highest in more than a month, with all regions showing an increase in crude flows

Russia’s seaborne crude exports rebound.

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Russia's seaborne crude exports jumped last week, with just days to go before the world's third-largest producer is due to cut output.

The country exported 3.6 million barrels a day from its ports in the seven days through Friday. That was a 26% hike in what are noisy weekly data. Flows climbed to multi-week highs from all its Baltic, Black Sea, Arctic and Pacific terminals. A less-volatile four-week average of exports also rose.