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Belarus sends proposals to Azerbaijan, other countries for oil supply

Oil&Gas Materials 14 January 2020 17:10 (UTC +04:00)
Belarus sends proposals to Azerbaijan, other countries for oil supply

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 14

By Leman Zeynalova - Trend:

Belarus has sent proposals to Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Poland, Baltic countries and Kazakhstan for oil supply, said the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Dmitry Krutoi.

He told reporters that Belarusian government continues considering alternative ways for importing oil, Trend reports citing BELTA.

“All possible options are being looked into. We've sent the relevant commercial offers. All the commercial departments of our refineries, of Belarusian Oil Company conduct negotiations virtually every day. I think we will be able to secure alternative ways of delivering specific oil soon,” Dmitry Krutoi added. “All possible countries, including Ukraine, Poland, Baltic states, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan. We are working on it.”

Over 90 percent of Belarus crude oil imports come from Russia. However, Russia depends on Belarus for oil transit to western markets as about 10 percent of Western Europe’s oil supplies come from Russia, via a pipeline transiting Belarus.

Belarus has recently reached an agreement with Russia for limited oil supplies after Moscow earlier stopped supplying crude amid stalled talks on strengthening economic ties between the neighboring countries.

Belarusian state-run oil company Belneftekhim said Saturday that the country’s refineries started receiving the first batch of crude oil, sufficient to ensure “non-stop operation of the country’s refineries in January 2020.”

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