OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus continues to work on concluding oil supply contracts for April with large Russian companies, the volume of contracted raw materials approaching 2 million tons. This was announced on Monday by TASS, the press secretary of the Belarusian state concern Belneftekhim Alexander Tishchenko.

"We are working on concluding oil contracts for April with Rosneft, Tatneft, Surgutneftegas, Lukoil, Gazprom Neft, as well as some other suppliers, including those who supplied oil since the beginning of the year "said Tishchenko". The total volume of contracted raw materials is approaching 2 million tons".

The Belneftekhim concern also reported that the Belarusian side is awaiting the arrival of alternative oil supplies to Belarus in April. So, on Monday, a tanker with 85 thousand tons of Norwegian oil is scheduled to arrive in Klaipeda.