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Lukoil ready to consider contaminated oil refining at its plants

23 July 2019 18:54 (UTC +04:00)

Lukoil is ready to consider a proposal on refining crude oil with high content of organic chlorides at its refineries, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian oil producer Vagit Alekperov told reporters on Tuesday, APA reports citing TASS.

"If there is such an offer [to refine off-spec oil in Russian refineries], we are ready to consider it. Our Nizhny Novgorod [refinery] is designed to refine sour oil," the top manager explained.

No final decision on contaminated oil volumes has been taken, the Russian Energy Ministry said earlier. Different options were considered, including refining in Russian plants.