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Russia agrees to send Mongolia 25,000 more tonnes of petrol

Industry and mineral resources minister Damdinnyam Gongor met Russian energy ministry leadership and executives of Rosneft and Gazprom Neft in Moscow on Monday, and came away with a promise of 25,000 additional tonnes of AI-92 and 5,000 tonnes of jet fuel by 31 August. By his account, that ends the case for rationing.

Russia agrees to send Mongolia 25,000 more tonnes of petrol

โ€œIt will take a few days until the additional shipments arrive. But an additional 25,000 tonnes of AI-92 in August is a sufficient amount. Rationing will become unnecessary,โ€ the minister said, in remarks carried by Mongolian outlets on Tuesday morning from his own account of the talks. No prices or delivery terms were disclosed, and no confirmation from the Russian side had appeared in the business wires read by Tuesday morning.

The promise lands on a rationed market. Dispensing has been capped at โ‚ฎ50,000 (about $14) per vehicle, a cap whose rise to โ‚ฎ100,000 was discussed and never adopted, and the regime runs to 15 August. Rail deliveries brought 15,158 tonnes in the monthโ€™s first week; the August import schedule stands separately at 270,910 tonnes.

An additional 25,000 tonnes of AI-92 in August is a sufficient amount. Rationing will become unnecessary.

Jet fuel is moving on a second track. Some 1,000 tonnes of Chinese aviation fuel was unloaded at the Zamyn-Uud border depot on Monday with 2,000 tonnes more en route, by the fuel headquartersโ€™ account, six days before COP17 opens in Ulaanbaatar.

Moscow is the first stop of a stated route: Kazakhstan next, then Beijing, on the ministerโ€™s ninth such trip in a year. The standing request to PetroChina for 12,000 to 15,000 tonnes a month remains open.

The claim that rationing becomes unnecessary is now a dated, checkable promise. The cap regime lapses on 15 August, the same Saturday the capitalโ€™s odd and even plates start taking turns.