SOCAR to supply 85,000 tonnes of Azeri Light to Belarus in early Aug 2020
<p> MINSK, Jul 15 - PrimePress. The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) will deliver another batch of Azeri Light oil in the amount of 85,000 tonnes to Belarus in early August 2020. The tanker is expected to depart from Supsa port (Georgia) on July 31 or August 1 and arrive at the port of Odessa (Ukraine) on August 3-5, Belneftekhim Spokesman Alexander Tishchenko told reporters. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, SOCAR Trading (subsidiary of SOCAR) delivered about 420,000 tonnes of oil in March-June 2020 to Belarus in five batches via Odessa port and then through the Odessa-Brody pipeline to the Mozyr Oil Refinery. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belneftekhim said earlier that SOCAR could supply up to 1 million tonnes of oil to Belarus in 2020. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus has been diversifying oil supplies to its refineries (Mozyr Oil Refinery, Gomel Oblast, and Naftan OJSC, Novopolotsk, Vitebsk Oblast) after Russia cut supplies in January-March 2020 due to price disagreements with Russian large oil companies. In 2020, Belarus has purchased 13 batches of oil from Azerbaijan, Norway, Saudi Arabia and the United States, which were delivered by sea tankers to the ports of Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Odessa (Ukraine). End </p>
2020-07-16
Primepress
MINSK, Jul 15 - PrimePress. The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) will deliver another batch of Azeri Light oil in the amount of 85,000 tonnes to Belarus in early August 2020. The tanker is expected to depart from Supsa port (Georgia) on July 31 or August 1 and arrive at the port of Odessa (Ukraine) on August 3-5, Belneftekhim Spokesman Alexander Tishchenko told reporters.
As previously reported, SOCAR Trading (subsidiary of SOCAR) delivered about 420,000 tonnes of oil in March-June 2020 to Belarus in five batches via Odessa port and then through the Odessa-Brody pipeline to the Mozyr Oil Refinery.
Belneftekhim said earlier that SOCAR could supply up to 1 million tonnes of oil to Belarus in 2020.
Belarus has been diversifying oil supplies to its refineries (Mozyr Oil Refinery, Gomel Oblast, and Naftan OJSC, Novopolotsk, Vitebsk Oblast) after Russia cut supplies in January-March 2020 due to price disagreements with Russian large oil companies. In 2020, Belarus has purchased 13 batches of oil from Azerbaijan, Norway, Saudi Arabia and the United States, which were delivered by sea tankers to the ports of Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Odessa (Ukraine). End