According to preliminary data, North Africa began to buy diesel and other Russian oil products intensively. These release reports The Wall Street Gazette.
It is alleged that North African countries began to actively buy Russian-made petroleum products after Europe reduced its purchases on the backdrop of sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation.
According to media reports, in 2021 Tunisia practically did not buy oil products from the Russian Federation. However, in recent months, there has been interest in gasoline, naphtha, diesel and kerosene.
At the same time, according to the newspaper, in January this year the country bought 2.8 million barrels of Russian oil products.
Another 3.1 million barrels of oil is expected to arrive.
In Algeria, Egypt and Libya, there was an increase in the interest in oil products from Russia.
Previously on Bloomberg declarationIn December 2022, Russia was selling oil “much more expensive” than the marginal price.