BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

15/02/2011

Ukraine starts moving Azeri crude oil to Belarus via Odessa pipeline

KIEV, Feb. 14 - Ukraine started massive shipments of Azerbaijani crude oil to Belarus via its Odessa-Brody oil pipeline, Ukraine's oil shipping monopoly UkrTransNafta reported on Monday.

The move ends months of preparation as it de-facto replaces Russian oil shipments from Brody to Odessa with Caspian Sea oil now delivered from Odessa to Brody and further to Belarus.

The development reduces Russia's oil supply monopoly in Eastern Europe, especially for Belarus, which has been for decades relying on Russian oil supplies to run its oil refineries and petrochemical industry.

Source:

http://www.ukrainianjournal.com/index.php?w=article&id=11986




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