KIEV, Jan. 14 - Deliveries of crude oil to Ukrainian oil refineries and Shebelynka gas processing plant dropped by 47% to 4.907 million tons in 2012, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported, blaming a lack of Russian oil supplies from March to October.

Crude deliveries to Ukrainian oil refineries from Russia plummeted by 84.4% to 724,800 tons, while supplies of Kazakh oil were up 450% to 779,900 tons, and Ukrainian oil supplies fell 14.6% to 2.509 million tons. There were no deliveries of Azerbaijani oil in 2012, whereas they totaled 704,700 tons in the same period of 2011.