“According to the August deliveries plan, a tanker with 80 thousand tons of White Eagle Blend (WEB) grade oil has been loaded into Belarus today in the US port of Beaumont. The deadline for arriving in Klaipeda is August 6-8, ”RIA Novosti quotes the words of the press secretary of the Belarusian state concern Belneftekhim Alexander Tishchenko.
Oil will be transported from the Lithuanian port in Klaipeda by rail to the Naftan Refinery in Novopolotsk.
Earlier, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said that the supply of American oil by tankers to oil refineries of the republic is not a one-time action, but a long-term program.