Belarus to finish pumping tainted oil back to Russia by mid-Aug

Belarus will finish pumping contaminated Russian crude back to Russia by the middle of August, Interfax news agency said, citing Gomeltransneft Druzhba, the operator of the Belarusian section of the Druzhba pipeline.

Around 5 million tons of Russian oil was contaminated in April with organic chloride and some of the volumes are being pumped back from Belarus to Russia to clear the pipeline.

(Reporting by Polina Devitt; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Louise Heavens, REUTERS)

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