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Rosneft Germany: Oil flow to Germany via damaged Druzhba pipe to normalise

Rosneft Germany (the refinery's biggest shareholder) said that oil flows through the Druzhba pipe to Germany's PCK refinery are expected to return back to normal by the week's end following repairs to damages.

Last month, Ukrainian drones hit an oil pumping facility in Russia's Tambov Region, causing a disruption of supply via the Druzhba pipe.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the PCK refinery in Schwedt in northeastern Germany is partly supplied by crude oil from Kazakhstan.

Burkhard Woelki, a spokesperson for Rosneft Deutschland, said that the company imports 120,00 tons of oil per month from Kazakhstan. He added that the company is in talks with Kazakhstan to extend and expand the oil imports past 2025.

The German news agency DPA was the first to report on the return of flow.

(source: Reuters)