Kazakhstan disagrees with increase in oil transit rate via Belarus - Ministry of EnergyKazakhstan does not agree with the increase in the tariff for pumping oil through Belarus territory and will negotiate with the relevant ministry, the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan reported.“The Kazakh side does not agree with the idea of increasing the tariff for oil transportation (by 43%) through the territory of the Republic of Belarus and believes it is necessary to hold appropriate negotiations on this issue with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus and the Belneftekhim concern,” Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan said in response to inquiry from Interfax -Kazakhstan".According to the Ministry, last year Kazakhstan, Germany and the Russian Federation agreed on the transportation of Kazakh oil through the Transneft PJSC system in the amount of up to 1.2 million tonnes per year and through the Druzhba system to Schwedt refinery in Germany.Kazakh oil is transported to Germany through the Druzhba system across the territory of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and Poland.The tariff from the Kazakhstan/Russian Federation border to the Adamova Zastava point is 1,583.706 rubles/tonne ($17.66/tonne), on the territory of the Russian Federation - 1,127.766 rubles/tonne, on the territory of Belarus - 455.94 rubles/tonne.The ministry noted that if the cost of pumping oil through Belarus increases by 43.4%, Kazakhstan's losses could amount to about 2.64 million dollars when transporting 1.2 million tonnes of Kazakh oil along this route.Earlier, Kommersant wrote that Belarus proposed a new option for indexing tariffs for oil transportation across its territory to Europe. According to the publication, Minsk proposes to increase the tariff by 43% for the northern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline, which currently carries only Kazakh oil, and by 14.5%.for the southern branch, through which oil is supplied from Russia. (ICE ALMATY)

Fonte notizia: INTERFAX KAZAKHSTAN