BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 7
By Nargiz Ismayilova – Trend:
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR will send another batch of oil to Belarus, Ibrahim Ahmadov, deputy head of the public relations and events department at SOCAR, told Trend.
Ahmadov noted that around 85,000-90,000 tons of oil will be sent to Belarus through Georgia’s Supsa port on April 8 in case of stable weather conditions.
SOCAR sent a batch of oil to Belarus on March 23. Some 85,000 tons of oil were sent to Belarus through Georgia’s Supsa port.
First batch of Azerbaijani oil for 90,000 tons was sent to Belarusian State Concern for Oil and Chemistry (Belneftekhim) on March 5-6.
Mozyr Oil Refinery started refining the first batch of Azerbaijani oil bought from SOCAR.
Earlier, spokesperson for Belneftekhim concern Alexander Tishchenko said that SOCAR will send two tankers of oil in the amount of 160,000 tons to the port of Odessa, which will be further transported via the Odessa-Brody pipeline.
SOCAR may supply up to 1 million tons of oil to Belarus in 2020, Belneftekhim concern said earlier.