Belarusian oil refineries produced 2.403 million tons of petrol in January-July, down by 3.6% YoY, Belstat reported.
In July alone petrol output dropped by 29.3% YoY to 238,300 tons.
In January-July Belarusian refineries produced 4.622 million tons of diesel fuel (including biodiesel), down by 5%. In July alone they produced 511,700 tons of diesel fuel, down by 22.6% YoY.
As previously reported, in 2015 Belarusian oil refineries’ petrol output grew by 0.6% to 3.968 million tons, that of diesel – 8.158 million tons (up by 2.5%).
Belarus produced 3.945 million tons of petrol in 2014, up by 7.1%, diesel – 7.956 million tons, up by 3.1%.
There are two oil refineries in Belarus – OAO Mozyr NPZ (Gomel region) and OAO Naftan (Novopolotsk, Vitebsk region). (Prime-TASS/Business World Magazine)