Drivers again to pay for second tanker with Venezuelan oil?

• 18.05.2010, 9:16

The Belarusian government seems to have found who should pay for an expensive trip.

The Belarusian oil company considers a possibility of delivering the second shipment of oil from Venezuela. In the meantime, the cost of the Venezuelan oil is kept in secret and the recent increase in petrol prices at filling stations puts its profitability in doubt,” “Salidarnasts” writes.

“We are completing recycling of the first shipment of oil from Venezuela. The company executives have started discussing the plans of further supplies,” a representative of the Belarusian Oil Company told Interfax.

The cost of the Venezuelan oil for Belarus is still unknown. The government and appropriate bodies keep mum, while 12 May rise of petrol prices speaks for itself. The indignant car owners even announced a protest action “Stop Petrol!” calling on the Belarusians to ignore filling stations on June 4.

The Venezuelan oil seems to be a rather expensive affair, taking into account that Belarus continues to receive 6.3 million tonnes of duty-free oil from Russia for own needs on Russia’s domestic prices.