Belarus on the Way of Russian Oil Exports to EU, "Transneft"

23.11.2010 09:38
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The Russian company "Transneft" has warned about the possible failure of oil supplies from Russia to Europe due to the use of Belarusian Odessa-Brody pipeline in the direct mode. "Russian oil deliveries to Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia and southern Germany can also be affected," the representative of "Transneft" Igor Demin said.

«Our observer at «Mihalki» oil pumping station in Belarus has confirmed that there are no technical failures, related to the obverse mode. However, we are concerned about the pipeline, running on the absolute limit towards our customers. We intend to inform our consumers in Western Europe, as well as the transit countries, with official letters,» he said, RIA «Novosti» news agency.

In this regard, «Transneft» does not exclude the interrupting of oil exports to Europe or the inability to increase their volume when needed.

According to Telegraf, Odessa-Brody pipeline started to operate in direct mode on November 20. This is a trial pumping of about 80 tons of Venezuelan oil by pipeline through Ukraine. As of the data of November 22, Mazyr already received about 45 thousand tons of oil.

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