Oil and Gas

Belarus seeks to compensate for losses incurred by the contaminated oil from Russia by raising the oil transit fees.

Russian DPM Dmitry Kozak says Belarus has to move forward with deeper integration with Moscow before getting natural gas benefits.

Belneftekhim Deputy CEO Svyatlana Huryna reveals the losses that Belarus' economy has suffered in the first five months of 2019.

Russia takes back 450 000 tons of 'dirty' oil from Belarus, replaces with clean crude.

The Belarus president asks Kazakhstan to intensify talks on oil supplies as Minsk seeks sources other than Russia.

The total losses for Russia caused by the oil contamination in the West-bound pipeline may exceed $3 billion.

The contaminated oil was pumped out of the Druzhba pipeline into reservoirs to give way to clean crude from Russia.

The contaminated oil still remains in the Druzhba pipeline on the Belarusian territory.

Russian officials stress contamination of oil flowing to Belarus and further westward is a technical not political problem.