Approximately 125,000 tons of fuel will be provided to villages at a discounted price throughout 2010, according to an agreement between TNK-BP and the government of Saratov region. 51,000 tons of this fuel will be used for sowing work.
During the 2009 sowing and harvesting seasons, oil workers delivered around 122,000 tons of fuel at a discount, amounting to a total subsidy of approximately 150 mln rubles.