Ukraine and Belarus sign deal on oil transit
KIEV – OJSC Ukrtransnafta and CJSC Belarusian Oil Company have signed an agreement on the guaranteed annual transit of four million tonnes of oil through the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline to Mozyr oil refinery (Belarus) for two years, with the possibility of prolongation, according to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, Interfax reported.
Ukrtransnafta Board Chairman Oleksandr Lazorko and Belarusian Oil Company Deputy Director General Andrey Shishkov signed the agreement on behalf of their respective companies.
Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister of Ukraine Ihor Kiriushin told journalists that currently Ukraine is in talks with the Belarusian Oil Company on the possibility of pumping four million tonnes of oil annually through the Odesa-Brody oil pipeline for the needs of Drohobych oil refinery (Halychyna, Lviv region) and Nadvirna oil refinery (Naftokhimik Prykarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk region).
Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boiko said after the signing ceremony for the contract that the agreement achieved with Belarus was profitable.
"We are pleased with the work we've started," he said without specifying details.
In addition, according to the minister, the agreement between the Belarusian Oil Company and Ukrtransnafta does not affect Russia's interests in transiting oil to Europe via Ukraine.
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