As reported by the Russian newspaper “Kommiersant”, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Nowak proposed an increase in the supply of Belarusian gasoline to Russia in October to 300,000. tons per month. This is the result of a letter addressed to the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Miszustin, with whom the editors of the Russian daily became acquainted.
Russia, which before the invasion of Ukraine was one of the key exporters of oil and gasoline, is currently struggling with serious problems. The attacks of Ukrainian drones on petrochemical infrastructure in the country of Vladimir Putin led to the shortcomings of key raw material. As we wrote in August, regular attacks meant that in a country with the seventh largest oil deposit in the world, gasoline began, and Internet users began to publish photos of queues.
According to RBC Ukraine, on the night of September 30 to October 1, the attack of ten drones led to the immobilization of the key pumping station of Suchodolnaja in the Rostov region. It supports the main oil pipeline providing kerosene to Russian military bases in the Kujbyszew -Lisiczan converted region.
“You should strengthen exports to Russia of industrial products. We have great achievements. It's very good, great. Of course, you still have to strengthen” – said at the end of September, Aleksander Lukashenko, quoted by Belta agency.
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How many refinery works in Belarus?
In September, fuel supplies from Belarus amounted to about 45,000 tone. As Reuters wrote in March, Belarus has two oil refineries: the Naftan refinery in Nowopolacka and the refinery in Mozyrz. Each of them has a processing capacity of 12 million tonnes per year. Rafineries in Belarus mainly use Russian oil as a raw material.
