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Russia to cut oil flow to Belarus by 42% in Q4

Sep 16, 2013 Russia continues to ratchet up the pressure on Belarus amid the potash spat, as an export schedule shows it will cut oil pipeline supplies to the country by 42% in Q4. According to the schedule, Russia will ship 3.1M metric tons of oil (62K bbl/day) to refineries in Belarus via pipeline in October-December, down from 5.3M metric tons originally planned for Q3. Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft also has said oil shipments to Belarus would be cut by 233K metric tons in September due to pipeline repairs.