LUKoil President Discusses Founding Petrochemical Consortium With Belarus Leader

LUKoil President Vagit Alekpyorov and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko discussed the possibility of founding a consortium of Russian oil and gas companies, based on petrochemical production facilities of Belarus. LUKoil Press Service reported that the parties also discussed the prospects for cooperation between the oil company and petrochemical companies of Belarus and considered short-term plans for the further analysis of specific mutual projects. Additionally, possible participation of LUKoil in the capitals of a number of petrochemical plants in Belarus was discussed.