Russia’s Oil-Export Revenue at Six-Month Low as Price Falls

  • Revenue down in Dec. even as exports reached 9-month high: IEA
  • US Treasury investigation put pressure on the price of Urals

A efinery, operated by Rosneft Oil Co., in Tuapse, Russia.

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Russia’s oil-export revenue in December dropped to a six-month low as declining crude prices offset the highest overseas flows since last spring, according to the International Energy Agency.

The top-three global oil producer earned $14.4 billion from foreign sales of its crude and oil products in December, down nearly 9% from the month before, the Paris-based agency said in its monthly oil report on Thursday.