Russia
reduces an export duty on crude oil from 270.7 U.S. dollars per tonne
to 253.6 U.S. dollars per tonne as of March 1.
Export duties on light oil products
decrease from 194.7 U.S. dollars to 183.2
U.S.
dollars per tonne, and on dark oil products – from 104.9 U.S. dollars to 98.7
U.S.
dollars per tonne.
At the same time zero duties on Eastern
Siberian oil remain unchanged. A zero duty on thirteen oil fields in
Eastern Siberia
was introduced
on
December
1, 2009
.
As of
January 19, 2010
, the zero duty encompassed twenty-two oil fields.
Earlier Russian Energy Minister Sergei
Shmatko said the ministry considers it necessary to maintain the mechanism of
zero duties in
Eastern Siberia
during the active phase of the region’s development.
This measure was taken to create a
mechanism of long-term investment stimulation in the region and sufficient
economic conditions for oil exploration and development, he said.
In the future a more accurate instrument
can be developed within the framework of this long-term policy. It, possibly,
will estimate characteristics of a certain field, temporary support measures
and the use of some coefficients, Shmatko said.
(from
Itar-Tass)