*China’s crude imports from Russia leapt to 2.48mn b/d for August, the second highest figure on record after June’s 2.56mn b/d and almost 600,000 b/d ahead of second placed Saudi Arabia on 1.89mn b/d.
*With Russian seaborne arrivals averaging 1.34mn b/d for August according to Kpler data, these figures imply record overland deliveries of over 1.1mn b/d for the same month that also saw record Russia-China piped gas deliveries (MEES, 22 September). (CONTINUED - 204 WORDS)
