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WARSAW, February 25 (Reuters) – Russia Drujba has stopped supplying oil to Poland through the pipeline, the CEO of PKN Orle ( PKN.WA ) said on Saturday, adding that the Polish refinery will use other sources to fill the gap.
applied against Russia after its large-scale intervention in Ukraine Europe Union sanctions free The suspension of supplies through the pipeline occurred a day after Poland delivered the first Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
CEO of PKN Orlen, Daniel Obajtek, wrote on Twitter: “Russia He has stopped supplying Poland, we are ready for it. Crude oil only 10% came from Russia, and we used it with oil from other sources substitute we will”.
Orlen, offshore oil refineries way that it can fully provide with and to the customers of the suspension of the supply of the pipeline gasoline and said it would not affect diesel deliveries.
Since February, after the contract period with Russia’s “Rosneft” company has expired, Orlen has been working with Russia’s “Tatneft” oil and natural gas company gas buys oil based on the contract with the company.
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Tatneft and Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Pipeline operator Mero said on Saturday that the southern branch of the Drujba pipeline to the Czech Republic, where Orléans operates two oil refineries, was proceeding as planned.
Cessation of supply USA It happened after President Joe Biden’s visit to Warsaw and Kyiv to show support for Ukraine a year after the occupation. And on Friday European Union Against Russia 10agreed on the package of sanctions.
of Ukraine After the invasion and before the EU embargoed shipping from Russia, Orlen stopped buying oil and seaborne fuel from Russia.
According to him, currently its supply portfolio includes oil from West Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf and the Gulf of Mexico. It also has a supply contract with Saudi Aramco from 2022.
Seafood arrives in Poland via Naftoport, an oil terminal in Gdańsk on the Baltic Sea. It can receive 36 million tons of oil annually, which can be processed by Polish refineries and partly used to supply oil to the Drujba-related refineries in eastern Germany.
“Considering the capacity of the oil port and the fact that we have other ways to import motor fuels, customers will not feel any impact, and Orlen has been ready for this for months,” Mateusz Berger, Poland’s secretary of state for strategic energy, told Reuters by phone from the infrastructure.
Reporting by Marek Strzelecki; Added by Jason Hovet report; Edited by Helen Popper, Frank Jack Daniel, and Alexander Smith
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2023-02-26 02:12:28
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