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U.S. official says Russia’s crude output cut signals unsold oil

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HOUSTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Russia’s decision to cut crude oil production by 500,000 barrels per day reflects its inability to sell all of its oil, Ben Harris, a U.S. Treasury Department Assistant Secretary, said on Thursday.

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Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak last week said it would voluntarily cut production beginning next month following the start of Western price caps on Russian oil and oil products on Feb. 5. The move to cut around 5% of output temporarily pushed up global prices.

“They cut back on production because they just couldn’t sell it (the oil), not because they wanted to weaponize oil and refined products,” Harris said in remarks at the Argus Americas Crude Summit.

The cut follows embargoes and sanctions, including an unprecedented $60 a barrel price cap on its crude, by Western countries to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine. Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have pushed for lowering the crude oil cap.

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Russia’s monthly budget revenues from oil and gas fell 46% in January to their lowest level since August 2020 under the impact of Western sanctions on its most lucrative export, according to finance ministry data.

The cap sought to maintain market stability and to drive down Russian revenue, both of which have been achieved, Harris said.

There have been no American companies involved in trading Russian oil above the price cap, he said.

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It is unclear whether Russia will shut in crude because of the logistical difficulties of placing crude at the cap, or if the production cut lasts, Michael Cohen, BP’s (BP.L) chief U.S. economist, said during the conference.

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Colin Parfitt, vice president of midstream for Chevron Corp (CVX.N), also said it was not yet clear whether the output cut is major. The market is in a “wait-and-see” approach to the announcement, Parfitt told Reuters on the sidelines of the conference.

Russia is still selling discounted barrels of crude to purchasers including China and India. Purchasing those Russian barrels is “extremely lucrative” for a large part of the world, said Mercuria President Daniel Jaeggi at the conference.

However, Goldman Sachs said in a note earlier this week that Moscow’s trade partners have increasingly paid more for Russian crude than quoted prices suggest, cushioning Russia from the impact of Western sanctions.

Phillips 66’s (PSX.N) Chief Executive Mark Lashier said the company’s base assumption is that Russia’s crude and oil products will find their way into the marketplace.

Reporting by Arathy Somasekhar and Stephanie Kelly in Houston, additional reporting by Timothy Gardner in Washington DC; Editing by Marguerita Choy

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Stephanie Kelly

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A New-York-based correspondent covering the U.S. crude market and member of the energy team since 2018 covering the oil and fuel markets as well as federal policy around renewable fuels.

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