Belarus will pump all the tainted oil back to Russia within 2-3 months

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

Around 5 million tonnes 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.