Russian, Belarusian deputy PMs discuss gas, oil supplies
<p> MINSK, Nov 27 - PrimePress. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and his Belarusian counterpart Yury Nazarov have discussed delivery of oil and gas from Russia to Belarus and reorientation of Belarusian oil products’ exports, the Belarusian government said in a statement on its Facebook page on Friday. </p> <p> </p> <p> “A working meeting of Deputy Prime Minister of Republic of Belarus Yury Nazarov and Deputy Prime Minister of the government of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak was held today in the form of a video conference. The sides discussed issues of bilateral cooperation in the sphere of supplies of oil and natural gas to Belarus, and also reorientation of exports of Belarusian oil products,” the statement read. </p> <p> </p> <p> The deputy prime ministers gave orders to the governments of the two states after the meeting, and bilateral consultations will continue, the government said. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, Belarus imports about 20 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia per year at the price of $127 per 1,000 cubic meters as agreed in February 2020. The price was fixed for the whole of 2020. The Belarusian side has insisted on reducing it almost since the beginning of the year. In November, Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said that Belarus expects Russia to set an attractive price of natural gas in 2021. Golovchenko also informed that in 2021 Belarus will purchase the bulk of oil in Russia with delivery by pipeline. It is worth mentioning that in late 2019 and early 2020 Belarus and Russia could not agree on oil supplies due to price disputes. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus has started discussing with Russia the possibility of transferring oil product exports from Baltic ports, in particular Lithuania, to north-western Russian ports following the imposition of sanctions against Belarusian officials by these countries. Ports in Ust-Luga, Primorsk, Vysotsk and St Petersburg are being discussed. In September Novak said that Russia had spare capacity for this task, and that this could involve redirecting around 4-6 million tonnes of Belarusian oil products. Novak specified that the economic conditions are currently being worked out and said he hopes that agreements on this cooperation will be reached soon. End </p> <p> </p>
2020-11-28
Primepress
Russian, Belarusian deputy PMs discuss gas, oil supplies
MINSK, Nov 27 - PrimePress. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and his Belarusian counterpart Yury Nazarov have discussed delivery of oil and gas from Russia to Belarus and reorientation of Belarusian oil products’ exports, the Belarusian government said in a statement on its Facebook page on Friday.
“A working meeting of Deputy Prime Minister of Republic of Belarus Yury Nazarov and Deputy Prime Minister of the government of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak was held today in the form of a video conference. The sides discussed issues of bilateral cooperation in the sphere of supplies of oil and natural gas to Belarus, and also reorientation of exports of Belarusian oil products,” the statement read.
The deputy prime ministers gave orders to the governments of the two states after the meeting, and bilateral consultations will continue, the government said.
As previously reported, Belarus imports about 20 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia per year at the price of $127 per 1,000 cubic meters as agreed in February 2020. The price was fixed for the whole of 2020. The Belarusian side has insisted on reducing it almost since the beginning of the year. In November, Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko said that Belarus expects Russia to set an attractive price of natural gas in 2021. Golovchenko also informed that in 2021 Belarus will purchase the bulk of oil in Russia with delivery by pipeline. It is worth mentioning that in late 2019 and early 2020 Belarus and Russia could not agree on oil supplies due to price disputes.
Belarus has started discussing with Russia the possibility of transferring oil product exports from Baltic ports, in particular Lithuania, to north-western Russian ports following the imposition of sanctions against Belarusian officials by these countries. Ports in Ust-Luga, Primorsk, Vysotsk and St Petersburg are being discussed. In September Novak said that Russia had spare capacity for this task, and that this could involve redirecting around 4-6 million tonnes of Belarusian oil products. Novak specified that the economic conditions are currently being worked out and said he hopes that agreements on this cooperation will be reached soon. End