Ukraine’s Ministry of Infrastructure has approved a 75%-discount for the oil transiting tankers that enter the Yuzhne port, and for the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline. The decision creates favorable terms for oil transiting using the Odessa-Brody pipeline. “The Tariffs Committee of Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry granted Ukrtransnafta’s appeal to set the economically favorable tariffs for port duties…
In the current year the general grain harvest in Ukraine will exceed 60 million tons, the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Yaroslav Krasnopolskiy declared. According to him, agrarians managed to produce a rather good harvest, and the general production volumes will exceed the level of 60 million tons for the…
Ukraine and Romania have signed an agreement to link their gas transmission systems in order to ship gas from Ukraine through Romania to Bulgaria and in the reverse direction, Ukrtransgaz said in a statement. The agreement covers the gas pipeline route used to transport gas from Ukraine through Romania to Bulgaria via the Negru Voda…
BJ Services Company Middle East Ltd., a UK oil field servicing company, announced the liquidation of its office in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Taxes Ministry reported. Lenders may submit their claims within two months at: 3, Salyan highway, 15th kilometer, Lokbatan settlement, Garadagh district, Baku, Azerbaijan. BJ Services Company Middle East Ltd. provides on-site services and…
The national Tajik currency, the somoni, has lost 10.5% of its value against the dollar since the beginning of this year, according to the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT). In January, the somoni reportedly lost 15.4% of its value against the dollar. In February, the situation improved to a certain extent and the somoni exchange…
In January-June the port of Primorsk handled 32,503,200 tons of cargo (up by 9% YoY). According to the port authority, crude oil transshipment climbed by 11% to 24,953,100 tons. Transshipment of oil products increased by 2% YoY, to 7,550,100 tons. Port Primorsk is Russia’s largest oil port in the Baltic Sea. It is the final…
Russian companies that have concluded agreements with Tajik agrarians on purchasing potatoes and onions have failed to fulfill their obligations on those agreements, Tajik Minister of Agriculture Sattor Izatullo said. According to him, Russian companies concluded agreements with Tajik onion and potato producers at the beginning of the year but later changed their mind. “I…