Abkhazia runs out of oil reserves

Related: Abkhazian government had already reached an agreement with Russia's largest state-run oil company, Rosneft, for the supply of up to 500 metric tons of gasoline within the next few days, and dismissed speculation that prices would rise.


Georgia`s breakaway Abkhazia is facing oil crisis. Local television reports that the region is running out of its gas reserves. According to the separatist minister of economics, they have only two day reserve of fuel.

Minister Kristina Ozgan says that the Abkhazian government now has to import fuel from Russia via land transport after the Georgian coastal guards arrested the tanker taking fuel to the occupied region. She told local television that it was the third tanker arrested by Georgian coastal guards.

Georgian side detained the tanker Bouquet sailing with Panama flag and taking 2000 tones of petrol and 7 thousand tones of diesel oil to the breakaway region by avoiding passing Georgian customs on August 15.
The crew of the tanker has been also arrested; one of them is a woman. The captain of the vessel is held in Poti insulator.


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