# Oil prices ease after loadings resume at Russian export hub | Reuters

> Brent settled 19 cents lower at $64.20 and WTI fell 18 cents to $59.91 after loadings resumed at a Russian export hub. Both benchmarks had risen more than 2% the previous Friday after exports were suspended there.

- Date: 2025-11-17 · published 2025-11-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Russia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22107-oil-prices-ease-after-loadings-resume-at-russian-export-hub-reuters
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md)

## Why it matters

Resumed Russian loadings add back barrels to the market, which eases prices. Disruptions at export hubs can quickly reverse this.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bearish ▼
- BRENT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI | 2021-09-15 | [U.S. Gulf Coast oil companies resume Ida recovery as Nicholas recedes \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45229-u-s-gulf-coast-oil-companies-resume-ida-recovery-as-nicholas-recedes-reuters.md) | +0.0% | +14.5% |
| WTI | 2017-12-01 | [Transportation constraints and export costs widen the Brent-WTI crude oil price spread](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68167-transportation-constraints-and-export-costs-widen-the-brent-wti-crude-oil-price.md) | -1.5% | +5.3% |
| WTI | 2020-04-21 | [Cushing storage hub constraints key to historic WTI crude oil price collapse](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53813-cushing-storage-hub-constraints-key-to-historic-wti-crude-oil-price-collapse.md) | -32.4% | +73.9% |
| WTI | 2021-02-26 | [Texas, Midwest refiners thaw out their plants after polar vortex](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48821-texas-midwest-refiners-thaw-out-their-plants-after-polar-vortex.md) | +0.6% | -7.8% |
| WTI | 2017-08-30 | [Oil prices continue downward trend triggered by Harvey - UPI.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69605-oil-prices-continue-downward-trend-triggered-by-harvey-upi-com.md) | +5.8% | +12.2% |
| BRENT | 2025-02-17 | [Kurdistan region's oil exports to resume next week, Iraqi minister says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26234-kurdistan-region-s-oil-exports-to-resume-next-week-iraqi-minister-says.md) | -0.4% | -4.9% |
| BRENT | 2020-05-22 | [Suez Canal suffers double blow from pandemic, collapse of oil prices \| Mohamed Hammad \| AW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53022-suez-canal-suffers-double-blow-from-pandemic-collapse-of-oil-prices-mohamed.md) | -1.9% | +19.3% |
| BRENT | 2017-08-30 | [Oil prices continue downward trend triggered by Harvey - UPI.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69605-oil-prices-continue-downward-trend-triggered-by-harvey-upi-com.md) | +3.3% | +14.1% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-falls-after-loadings-resume-key-russian-export-hub-2025-11-17/

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