the Head of “Rosneft” Igor Sechin in late April, wrote a letter to I. O. Prime Minister and member of the Board of Directors of “Rosneft” Andrei Belousov asking to reduce tariffs for oil transportation via the Transneft system and Railways in 2-2,5 times — to the level of December 2008, according to RBC with reference to the copy of the document.
“the disparity in the level of tariffs relative to the realities of the oil market became apparent,” wrote Sechin. Rouble quotations of Urals in April 2020 are comparable with market conditions, the last major crisis in December 2008, and the tariffs for pumping has increased 2.5 times for Transneft and 2 for the Railways, he writes. Sechin asked for Belousova to support the reduction of tariffs.
the Source of RBC also said that the letter was written Sechin shortly before his meeting with the President. According to him, the Protocol of the meeting, was initially instructed to study the issue of reducing tariffs of transport monopolies, but then it disappeared. However, at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin the head of “Rosneft” said that against the background of falling prices the cost of pumping increased to 32% and asked me to bring them “into line”.
on the Eve of the adviser of the President of “Transneft” Igor Demin said that he had asked almost halve the tariffs for pumping oil, based on flawed estimate — the head of “Rosneft” confused tons and barrels.
