Oil supplies to the Czech Republic via the Druzhba pipeline resumed

Oil supplies to the Czech Republic via the Druzhba pipeline have been resumed. This was reported by the ČTK news agency on December 6, citing Mariusz Vnuk, CEO of the Orlen Unipetrol oil refining group.

"Oil supplies were restored this morning and oil is flowing again through the Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic. We thank the Czech government and the State Office of Material Reserves for quick preventive measures and cooperation," the agency quoted him as saying.

It is specified that oil from Russia did not flow to the Czech Republic for two days, and an alternate route was used for pumping. The Director General noted that the state overcame the delay in supplies at the expense of its own reserves.

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Portal Novinky with reference to the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic Lukas Vlcek reported on December 4 that the Czech Republic stopped receiving oil through the Druzhba pipeline.

Pavel Kaidl, a spokesman for Unipetrol, which operates two refineries in the Czech Republic, said that the problem was a delay in oil deliveries by the supplier. At the same time, Transneft pointed out that oil deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline in Russia were normal.

Later, the Czech government allowed the use of 330,000 tons of oil from the state reserves for the Litvinov refinery due to the interruption of supplies.