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Pakistan in Oil and LNG Talks with Russia

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Pakistan is discussing both the possibility of oil imports from Russia as well as LNG at present according to Pakistan's interim federal energy minister Muhammad Ali based on Interfax reports.

  • "Pakistani refineries are already negotiating on the issue of importing Russian oil," he said.
  • "We are talking about deliveries of 1 million tonnes of oil. The specific volume will depend on commercial conditions, on the price. If the price is good, we move forward and sign the contract," he added.
  • "Today we are meeting with Gazprom and Novatek to discuss LNG," he also added.
  • Pakistan is looking to potentially cover about a third of all its oil import needs via Russian oil but some early tests at refineries were shown to produce the wrong yields of products.
  • Pakistan imports 10 million tonnes of oil a year according to the minister.

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