According to Polish operator PERN, a leak has occurred in Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline. This was discovered Tuesday night, the company said. It was discovered on a section of the line about 70 kilometers from the central Polish city of Plock. The causes of the leak are currently unknown.
The Druzhba pipeline is one of the largest in the world, supplying Russian oil to much of central Europe – including Germany, Austria, Poland, Belarus, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The name of the pipeline means “friendship” in Russian. It also supplies the East German refinery Schwedt, which is majority-owned by Russian owner Rosneft. Germany no longer wants to use Russian oil from the end of the year.
second line works
The second line of the pipeline is said to be working normally. This also applies to other areas of the PERN infrastructure. “Right now, all PERN services (technical, operational, factory firefighters and environmental protection) work according to the algorithms provided for this type of situation,” said the operator.
A spokeswoman for Czech pipeline operator MERO said no change in flows to the Czech Republic had been detected so far. (apa, Portal)