Belarus expects 85,000 tonnes of Azerbaijani crude oil in sea tanker Aug 4-5 – Belneftekhim
<p> MINSK, Aug 3 - PrimePress. Belarus expects a new tanker with 85,000 tonnes of Azerbaijani crude to arrive at Ukrainian Yuzhny port on August 4-5, Spokesman for the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim Alexander Tishchenko said on August 3. </p> <p> </p> <p> “A sea tanker with 85,000 tonnes Azerbaijani oil left Supsa (Georgia) on August 2. It is expected to arrive at Yuzhny port (Odessa Region) on August 4-5,” Tishchenko said. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belneftekhim Chairman Andrei Rybakov said earlier that the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) would supply up to 1 million tonnes of oil to Belarus in 2020. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus is diversifying oil supplies to its two refineries (Mozyr Oil Refinery OJSC, Gomel Oblast, and Naftan OJSC, Novopolotsk, Vitebsk Oblast), continuing bargaining over the price with its main traditional supplier–Russia. Belarus receives Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline and by rail, and oil from alternative suppliers by sea through the ports of Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Odessa (Ukraine). This year, Belarus purchased oil from Azerbaijan, Norway, Saudi Arabia and the United States. End </p>
2020-08-04
Primepress
MINSK, Aug 3 - PrimePress. Belarus expects a new tanker with 85,000 tonnes of Azerbaijani crude to arrive at Ukrainian Yuzhny port on August 4-5, Spokesman for the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim Alexander Tishchenko said on August 3.
“A sea tanker with 85,000 tonnes Azerbaijani oil left Supsa (Georgia) on August 2. It is expected to arrive at Yuzhny port (Odessa Region) on August 4-5,” Tishchenko said.
Belneftekhim Chairman Andrei Rybakov said earlier that the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) would supply up to 1 million tonnes of oil to Belarus in 2020.
Belarus is diversifying oil supplies to its two refineries (Mozyr Oil Refinery OJSC, Gomel Oblast, and Naftan OJSC, Novopolotsk, Vitebsk Oblast), continuing bargaining over the price with its main traditional supplier–Russia. Belarus receives Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline and by rail, and oil from alternative suppliers by sea through the ports of Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Odessa (Ukraine). This year, Belarus purchased oil from Azerbaijan, Norway, Saudi Arabia and the United States. End