MINSK: Belarus reduced its rail shipments of gasoline and diesel to Russia in September, ahead of scheduled maintenance at one of its refineries.
According to two industry sources and calculations by Reuters, the volumes stayed above the monthly averages observed since the start of the year.
Belarus runs two refineries that process Russian crude, with a combined capacity of 24 million metric tons per year (about 480,000 barrels per day), supplying fuel to Russia.
Industry data show gasoline deliveries by rail fell roughly 13 % month‑on‑month in September to around 170,000 tonnes, while diesel shipments dropped about 29 % to 105,000 tonnes.
Jet‑fuel exports from Belarus to Russia increased to about 25,000 tonnes last month, up from 9,600 tonnes in August.
Over the first nine months of the year, gasoline shipments surged twelvefold year‑on‑year to more than 1 million tonnes, and diesel deliveries rose fivefold to 675,000 tonnes.
Russia has been grappling with fuel shortages after Ukrainian drone attacks targeted key refineries. To mitigate the gap, Moscow has introduced rail imports from Belarus and Kazakhstan, imposed a fuel export ban, and arranged seaborne supplies from India, Turkey and Morocco.
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