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program, development, repair, maintenance against corruption and a major loss of face Belarus will buy 1.58mn
of the existing network,” he told a news for the Zelenskiy administration, which
conference. campaigned on a platform of ending the tonnes of Russian oil in
Previously the service was not ready war in Donbass and quashing the endemic
to grant Gazprom the right to set such corruption of the government. July
tariffs because it has to have rules for non- It also adds to growing concerns
discriminative access to infrastructure. over exactly what the relationship is Belarus will buy 1.58mn tonnes of Russian
Artemyev official said that it is also between Ukrainian President Volodymyr oil in July, BelTA reports, citing Aleksandr
important that companies cut costs. Zelenskiy and his former friend and Tishchenko, Press Secretary of the Belarusian
The tariffs will be calculated mostly sponsor Kolomoisky. Zelenskiy was swept state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim, on
below inflation and only sometimes, if the to a landslide victory in the presidential 23 June.
tariffs are too low, above inflation, he said. elections last April, partly thanks to the The spokesman said: “In line with this
support of the 1+1 broadcaster and other year’s indicative oil trade balance sheet,
media assets that belong to Kolomoisky. Belarusian oil refineries will acquire 1.58mn
Transneft June oil exports Moreover, Zelenskiy has appointed several tonnes of oil from Russian oil companies
of Kolomoisky’s associates to senior
in July. Of that, 1.495mn tonnes will be
fall 14% to 16.7mn t positions and has refrained from taking a delivered by pipeline and 85,000 tonnes will
be delivered by rail.”
clear public stance on distancing himself
Exports of Russian oil pipeline monopoly from the oligarch or his business interests. “There are plans to satisfy the rest of
Transneft fell by 14.2% on the year to 16.7mn More recently, concerns over Zelenskiy’s the demand with shipments by tanker
tonnes in June, spokesman for the monopoly relations with Russia were raised when it ships. Work is in progress on volumes and
Igor Dyomin told PRIME on June 30. was revealed that Viktor Medvechuk, one of suppliers,” the official added.
“16.7mn tonnes of oil were pumped for the leaders of the pro-Russian Opposition BelTA reported earlier that the sides
exports in June (19.4mn tonnes in June bloc and a personal friend of Russian have agreed a schedule for delivering
2019),” Dyomin said. President Vladimir Putin, owns a blocking 5.75mn tonnes of oil from Russia to Belarus
Dyomin also said that Transneft will share in the 1+1 network. by pipeline in Q3 2020.
export 15.2mn tonnes of oil in July. Zelenskiy’s critics claim that he is a
Exports to Belarus stood at 1mn tonnes, Russian puppet and will sell out Ukraine’s
falling 27% on the year in June. The July interests in order to make peace with
plan amounts to 1.4mn tonnes. Russia, and will also abandon Ukraine’s CENTRAL ASIA & SOUTH
Exports to China rose by 18.1% to 3.4mn European aspirations.
tonnes in June, the plan for July is 3.5mn The Defence Ministry has agreed to buy CAUCASUS
tonnes, the official said. aviation fuel at a price of UAH16,256 ($609)
per tonne by July 23. According to the
price monitoring of the Consulting Group
A-95, there are offers of aviation fuel at the Kazakhtstan’s Kashagan
EASTERN EUROPE wholesale market at UAH14,150 per tonne
(with prepayment and without delivery), reportedly jumps 40%
Ukrtatnafta oil company which are 13% cheaper than the price asked following maintenance
by Ukrtatnafta.
wins Defence Ministry fuel memorandum of understanding (MoU) Oil output at Kazakhstan’s Kashagan field
Enkorr reports that the price in the
supply contract signed between the the Defence Ministry has jumped by 40% since June 23 to 210,493
and Ukrtatnafta is specified, including
barrels per day (bpd) from 150,000-151,000
Ukraine’s oil company Ukrtatnafta, which is logistics costs, and takes into account the bpd following planned maintenance, two
controlled by oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, has deferred payment, which also affects the industry sources told Reuters on June 24.
won a tender to supply the Ministry of Defence cost. The jump in production came despite
with 3,500 tonnes of aviation fuel despite The contract was signed following Kazakhstan’s overall commitments to cut oil
asking a price that was almost a third higher a tender on May 12. At the auction, production based on the OPEC+ oil output
than the lowest offer and the highest price of Ukrtatnafta then offered the highest price cut agreement.
all the offers in the tender process. According among the six participants. Its offer was Oil and gas condensate output in
to the Ukrainian industry publication Enkorr, 29% more expensive (UAH3,656 per tonne) Kazakhstan rose to 204,842 tonnes per day
this deal was the first contract signed between than OKKO, which offered the lowest price as of June 23 from 197,800 tonnes per day
the Ministry of Defence and the Privat group, of UAH12,600 per tonne. on June 22, according to state monitor the
which belongs to Kolomoisky and holds Over the two-week tender process, from Information and Analytical Center of Oil
Ukrnafta’s shares, in the last 5 years, when the May 29 to June 11, the bids of all the other and Gas (IACOG).
online ProZorro system was launched in 2015. five companies were rejected one by one by The Kazakh Energy Ministry has
ProZorro was hailed as a revolution at the tender committee. The official reason said maintenance at Kashagan field was
its launch, as it was supposed to introduce is “failure to eliminate shortcomings in the scheduled between June 16 and 23.
transparency into government procurement tender documentation”. Ukrtatnafta’s offer,
contracts – a major source of corruption – as the most expensive, was considered last
and so stymie graft. and was accepted on June 16.
The ministry’s decision to accept
Ukranafta’s bid is a blow to Ukraine’s fight

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