According to the Polish oil company Orlen, Russia has stopped deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline. One is prepared for this step, wrote CEO Daniel Obajtek on Twitter.
“Only 10 percent of the crude oil still came from Russia, and we will replace it with oil from other supplier countries. This is the result of the diversification that we have undertaken in recent years.”
The company also announced that it can supply its refinery entirely by sea. The suspension of deliveries will therefore not affect the supply of Polish customers with the company’s products, including petrol and diesel.
The Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline is one of the largest in the world, delivering Russian oil to several countries in Central Europe. It also supplied the Schwedt refinery in Brandenburg. In the meantime, however, Germany has voluntarily renounced Russian oil imports via Druzhba. The background is Russia’s war against Ukraine.
