Belarus quadrupled petrol exports to Russia in September, says Reuters

Belarusian rail-transported petrol exports to Russia elevated fourfold in September in contrast with the earlier month.

Supply: Reuters, citing trade sources

Particulars: Russia boosted gasoline imports from Belarus final yr to cowl its home shortages.

Commercial:

In accordance with Reuters' sources, deliveries of petrol from Belarusian refineries to the Russian home market rose to 49,000 tonnes final month, or about 14,500 barrels per day, whereas diesel provides in September totalled 33,000 tonnes.

Transit of Belarusian petrol for onward export by way of Russian ports grew by round 1% final month, reaching 140,000 tonnes.

Belarus has been utilizing Russian ports for transshipment of its oil merchandise since March 2021 beneath a cooperation settlement between Moscow and Minsk.

Nonetheless, in accordance with the sources and Reuters calculations, such transshipments fell by virtually 40% year-on-year to 1.17 million tonnes between January and September on account of decrease refining volumes.

Belarus's two refineries, Naftan and Mozyr, every have an annual capability of 12 million tonnes (round 240,000 barrels per day), though they often course of about 9 million tonnes yearly, or roughly 180,000 barrels per day.

Background:

• Petrol provides from Belarus to Russia by the St Petersburg Alternate lately resumed after almost a year-long pause that started in autumn 2024.
• Gas shortages have been noticed in 20 areas of Russia and in briefly occupied territories of Ukraine following Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries.
• Since 24 September, all grades of petrol, together with the costliest A100, have utterly disappeared from petrol stations in annexed Crimea.
• On 29 September, petrol gross sales within the Russian-occupied metropolis of Sevastopol in Crimea had been restricted on account of gasoline shortages.
• The Russian authorities has prolonged the momentary ban on petrol exports and imposed restrictions on different varieties of gasoline.
• Sergei Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head of Crimea, lately introduced stricter limits on gasoline gross sales at petrol stations on the peninsula.

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