OREANDA-NEWS.Transneft began supplying oil to Belorussia’s refineries in accordance with issued route instructions, company’s official representative Igor Demin told reporters.

"Deliveries to the refineries in Belarus are in accordance with the issued route instructions", Demin said. Last week, a Transneft spokesman said that four Russian oil companies began issuing routing orders for oil supplies to Belarusian refineries in April. He added that these are companies that were traditional suppliers of oil to the refineries of Belarus.

Earlier, Rosneft announced that it had signed contracts for the supply of oil with Belarusian refineries, deliveries will be carried out on previously announced terms by the company - with a premium of $ 5 per ton. In total, Russian companies filed applications for the supply of oil in April to Belarus in the amount of about 1 million tons.