Belarus’ fuel exports, such as gasoline and diesel exports to Russia, jumped fourfold month on month in September, and Moscow sought to combat domestic shortages caused by Ukrainian Attacks on its energy infrastructure, industry sources said. Various Russian regions have introduced rationing and frozen fuel prices in recent weeks amid a scarcity of popular types of Fuel, such as gasoline, brought on by drone strikes targeting refineries.
On the other hand, Moscow has limited gasoline and diesel exports. Notably, Belarus’s fuel exports to Russia increased last year to recover domestic shortages. Industry sources stated that gasoline supplies through rail from refineries in Belarus to the Russian domestic market increased to 49000 metric tons or 14,500 barrels per day, previous month. Not only this, industry sources also highlighted that diesel deliveries amounted to 33,000 tons in September. Concurrently, gasoline transit from Belarus for further export through Russian ports increased gradually by 1 percent last month to 140,000 tons.
Belarus has employed Russian ports for the transshipment of its refined petroleum products since March 2021 under a cooperation agreement signed between Moscow and Minsk. According to sources, such transshipments reduced by around 40% year-on-year to 1.17 million tons between January and September due to a reduction in refining throughout.
Interestingly, Belarus’ two refining facilities have an annual capacity of 12 million tons each, or some 240, 000 bpd. However, they generate around 9 million tons per year, or roughly 180,000 bpd.