Russian crude entering Eastern Europe via Belarus has been restored to normal quality more than a week after a major contamination incident halted flows of the key Urals oil exports piped to central Europe. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The resumption of deliveries of crude meeting technical standards at Russia’s border with Belarus was announced by Russia’s energy ministry and confirmed by Belarusian state refiner Belneftekhim, although it has warned a full clean-up of the consequences of the contamination could take months. Countries across Central and Eastern Europe have been affected by the contamination issue detected last week, with emergency stock releases authorized by the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Exports from Russia’s Ust-Luga on the Gulf of Finland in the […]