President Alexander Lukashenko expressed regret for too much oil, which is currently produced in the country. During the conversation with the general director of BelarusNeft, Alexander Lyakhov, he stated that the “church he sees” the presence of unopened stocks of raw materials. The meeting report is published on the website of the head of state.
Lukashenko reminded that earlier in Belarus was mined more than eight million tons of oil. In his opinion, if in the future to increase production twice, up to 3-3.5 million tons, then all dependence on imports would be solved.
Search for oil The head of the republic instructed in the Pripyat’s deflection, because there may be raw materials, “which we are not yet visible.” He asked Lyakhov to submit proposals and offered his participation. In addition, Lukashenko reiterated the need to build a second nuclear power plant to switch to electric cars in the republic.
Ten years ago, the President of Belarus also offered to find its own oil in the republic. During the annual Message to the Belarusian people and the Parliament of the country, he stated that “there can be no man looking for and did not find.”
Earlier it was reported that due to American and European sanctions, the construction of a potash mining and processing complex in Belarus totaling $ 1.5 billion was under threat. China, who opened the credit line for these objectives for the structures of the Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutserieva, refused to translate the next tranche in the amount of $ 103 million, because of which the contractors began to leave the construction site.