Belarus is forced to increase the cost of pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline due to the sharp decrease in transit volumes and increased costs. About this “Lente.ru” declaration Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst at the National Energy Security Fund (FNEB).
“The volume of transit through Belarus has decreased significantly. In general, there are 20 thousand tons per month. Accordingly, the cost of pumping each tonne is gradually increasing, so Belarus is forced to raise prices, ”said Yushkov.
According to him, we are talking about the northern branch of the pipeline, which is used for the needs of Poland and Germany. Moreover, while Germany generally rejects oil from Russia, Poland’s contract ran out and supply dwindled.
He added that currently this branch of the pipeline is used for oil transit through Kazakhstan. And the pumping mode only sometimes turns on.
Earlier on Wednesday, the newspaper Kommersant cited a related letter. Wroteat the end of May of this year, the management of the operator of the Belarusian section of the Druzhba oil pipeline, Gomeltransnafta Druzhba, turned to Transneft, engaged in the production and transportation of raw materials, with a proposal to increase tariffs. oil transport According to the initiative, the cost of transporting Russian oil will increase by 84% from the current level from 1 July.