refinery in Novopoltsk received the first batch of oil from the Norwegian port of Klaipeda.
railway came to the part of the 59 tanks with a total volume of about 3.5 thousand tons. The entire batch of Norwegian oil (86 thousand tons), delivered by ships Breiviken in Klaipeda should arrive at JSC "Naftan" in the next two weeks.
representatives of the Lithuanian Railways said that a day planned to go 90 cars or two squads of 40-50 cars each. The entire load is supposed to deliver within two weeks.
Previously coalsalesthat Russia 1 January halted oil supplies to Belarus after the parties have not agreed on price. Belarusian oil refineries (Mozyr or and "Naftan") reduced capacity to the technological minimum.
In the "Belneftekhim" said that they are ready to meet the needs of the domestic market in motor fuel in full. Exports of petroleum products were temporarily suspended. 4 Jan Belneftekhim informed about the agreement with the Russian company for the supply of the first batch of oil purchased at a price without premium.
Belarusian authorities have informed that proposals for import of oil, they sent the Baltic countries, Poland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. In addition, according to the President of the country Alexander Lukashenko, talks about the supply of oil is also being conducted with the United States, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
January 21, Lukashenka stated that the country will be to ensure that imported oil from Russia amounted to 30-40% of its needs, and 30% of the oil it must import via the Baltic countries and Ukraine.
last year Belarus imported from Russia 17.6 million tons of oil.
