First shipment of Belarusian oil products for export via Russian sent Mar 5

<p> MINSK, Mar 9 - PrimePress. On 5 March 2021, the first shipment of Belarusian oil products for export via Russian ports took place, the Transport Ministry of Russia said in a statement. </p> <p>   </p> <p> According to the report, on 5 March, the Mozyr Oil Refinery sent more than 5,000 tonnes of gasoline by rail for transshipment at the Portenergo terminal (the sea port of Ust-Luga). </p> <p>   </p> <p> The second shipment from the Mozyr Oil Refinery took place on 6 March: a shipment of fuel oil with a total volume of 3,600 tonnes was made. The cargo will be transshipped to the Petersburg Oil Terminal (the sea port of St. Petersburg). </p> <p>   </p> <p> Russia and Belarus on 19 February 2021 signed an intergovernmental agreement on transshipping Belarusian oil products export through Russian seaports. The document provides for transshipment of over 9.8 million tons of cargoes by Belarusian companies via Russian seaports in 2021-2023. The indicative transshipment volumes under the agreement are 3.5 million tonnes in 2021, 3.2 million tonnes in 2022 and 3.1 million tonnes in 2023. </p> <p>   </p> <p> These are cargoes such as fuel oil, petrol and engine oil. Over the three years 2.9 million tonnes of fuel oil from the Mozyr refinery and 0.96 million tonnes of petroleum products oil from Naftan are expected to be delivered through the port of St Petersburg. Ust-Luga is to handle 4.3 million tonnes of gasoline and 0.4 million tonnes of gasoil from the Mozyr refinery and 1.3 million tonnes from Naftan. There are no plans to export the main high-margin product – diesel fuel – via Russian ports. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Indicative volumes are not binding. Specific volumes for each year will be agreed by a joint commission to be established by the parties from representatives of coordinating and competent authorities. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Thus, the minimum guaranteed volume of Belarusian oil products exports via Russian seaports in 2021 will be 1.86 million tonnes, which is 47% less than the indicative volume. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Fuel oil shipments from the Mozyr refinery to the Avtovo railway station (Leningrad Region) are expected to amount to 674,000 tonnes in 2021. Vacuum gasoil shipments from Naftan to the Luzhskaya Station are planned at 294,000 tonnes. The guaranteed volume of gasoline supplies from the Mozyr refinery to Russian terminals in 2021 is 552,000 tonnes. The minimum volume of oil shipments from Naftan to the Avtovo station will be 210,000 tonnes this year. </p> <p>   </p> <p> The agreement envisages that Belarusian oil products will be transported to the seaports of the North-Western region of the Russian Federation by railway. Russian rolling stock will be used for the transportation. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Transhipment via Baltic ports will be sustained </p> <p>   </p> <p> Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko announced in August 2020, after the presidential election campaign, that trade flows may be reoriented to Russian ports in response to the refusal of the Baltic States to recognise him as a legitimate head of state and in retaliation for the western sanctions imposed. </p> <p>   </p> <p> Belarus has been exporting about 5 million tons of oil products per year through Baltic ports in recent years (the total export is about 10 million tons per year). </p> <p>   </p> <p> Based on the indicative volumes stipulated in the agreement, it is possible to calculate how the transit volume of Belarusian oil cargo, which used to go through the ports of the Baltic States, will be divided. For 2021 we have the following export logistics: 70% of Belarusian oil products will go through Russian ports and 30% through Baltic ports. </p> <p>   </p> <p> If we take into account the minimum guaranteed supply volumes through Russian ports in 2021, the ratio is as follows: 37% Russian ports and 63% Baltic ports. End </p>

2021-03-10

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