Poor Russian crude quality leads Belarus to cut oil-product exports

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Moscow-Belarus is limiting oil-product exports as a result of a deterioration in the quality of crude supplied from Russia,state news agency Belta reported Monday.”Taking into account the sowing season,and the risks of refining poor quality feedstock we took the decision to temporarily limit exports of oil products,”Belneftekhim deputy chairman Vladimir Sizov said,according to the report.”As the situation improves,obligations to our customers will be met,”Sizov said.Belarus exports gasoline,diesel,fuel oil,and VGO through the Baltic port and also by land to Ukraine and other nearby countries.Earlier the Russian energy ministry said that problems with the deteriorating quality of crude exported to the West were technical and would be resolved in the near future.