Belarus' state-owned BNK has offered through a tender as much as 21,000t of Group I base oils from the Novopolotsk refinery on a formula price basis linked to Argus fob Baltic SN 150 prices.
It offered 3,000 t/month of Group I SN 150 from Naftan's 240,000 t/yr base oils unit at the refinery for delivery over seven months starting in August. The tender closes at the end of July.
The tender is BNK's second for Group I base oil supplies from the Novopolotsk refinery.
It awarded a tender in the first quarter of the year for up to 35,000t of Group I base oils for delivery in the first five months of 2019. The price for these supplies was also on a formula price basis linked to Argus fob Baltic SN 150 prices.
Before that tender, supplies had been sold on a fixed-price basis each month through the spot market.

