MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. The oil industry will be able to fully supply the market with fuel before the start of the agricultural season, Russian Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov said on Wednesday.

"Today we need to ensure sufficient output of oil products," he said. "We need to maintain a significant supply of oil because we have a sowing season coming up. The Ministry of Agriculture is working on it, we intend to agree on a supply timetable," the minister explained.

Russia’s First Deputy Minister of Energy Pavel Sorokin said earlier that Russia may reduce oil refining in 2024, but due to these volumes, oil supplies for export will increase.