FILE - Locations after leak detected in pipeline supplying Russian oil to much of Europe

Record ID: 1692879

  • Title: FILE - Locations after leak detected in pipeline supplying Russian oil to much of Europe
  • Date: 12th October 2022
  • Summary: SCHWEDT, GERMANY (FILE - APRIL 12, 2022) (REUTERS) FLAME SEEN AT REFINERY SITE GROUND VIEWS OF REFINERY SEEN FROM A DISTANCE DRONE VIEW OF REFINERY (MUTE) SCHWEDT, GERMANY (FILE - MAY 03, 2022) (REUTERS) STREET LEADING TOWARDS PCK REFINERY IN SCHWEDT PCK LOGO ON BUILDING CARS DRIVING DOWN ROAD TOWARDS PCK REFINERY REFINERY TOWERS SIGNS IN FRONT OF ENTRANCE OF REFINERY REFINERY SCHWEDT, GERMANY (FILE - APRIL 12, 2022) (REUTERS) DRONE VIEW OF REFINERY (MUTE) GDANSK, POLAND (FILE - APRIL 29, 2022) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) DRONE SHOTS OF GDANSK HARBOUR WHICH COULD BECOME ONE OF THE LANDING HARBOURS IN CASE OIL DELIVERY THROUGH ROSNEFT ENDS (MUTE) GDANSK, POLAND (FILE - APRIL 29, 2022) (REUTERS) GDANSK HARBOUR VARIOUS OF SHIPS IN GDANKS HARBOUR GDANSK, POLAND (FILE - APRIL 29, 2022) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OF GDANSK HARBOUR (MUTE) LEUNA, GERMANY (FILE - MAY, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PIPES AT ONE OF BIGGEST CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES IN GERMANY PLACARD SHOWING LEUNA SITE VARIOUS OF CHEMICAL SITE EMLICHHEIM, GERMANY (FILE - MARCH 9, 2022) (REUTERS) OIL PUMP PIPES VARIOUS OF OIL DRILLING PLANT AND WIND TURBINES AT SUNDOWN
  • Embargoed: 26th October 2022 08:27
  • Keywords: Druzhba pipeline Oil refinery Russian invasion Schwedt pipelines
  • Location: SCHWEDT, LEUNA + EMLICHHEIM, GERMANY / GDANSK, POLAND
  • City: SCHWEDT, LEUNA + EMLICHHEIM, GERMANY / GDANSK, POLAND
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe
  • Reuters ID: LVA001164912102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: 1645-UKRAINE-CRISIS/ENERGY-DRUZHBA FILE for file of Polish pipeline
    Poland said on Wednesday (October 12) it had detected a leak in one of the Druzhba pipelines bringing oil from Russia to Europe and said it was probably caused by an accident, although the event may still stoke concerns about the security of Europe's energy supplies.
    The discovery of the leak in the main route carrying oil to Germany, which operator PERN said it found on Tuesday evening, comes as Europe faces a severe energy crisis in the aftermath of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine which has cut supplies of gas in a continuing stand-off.
    PERN said in a statement that at this point the exact causes of the leak were unknown. It was detected in a section of the pipe around 70 kilometres from the central Polish city of Plock.
    The Druzhba oil pipeline, whose name means "friendship" in Russian, is one of the world's largest, supplying Russian oil to much of central Europe including Germany, Poland, Belarus, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria.
    Germany's Schwedt refinery, which supplies 90% of Berlin's fuel, its economy ministry and federal network regulator were not immediately available for comment.
    The German government aims to eliminate imports of oil from Russia by the end of the year under European Union sanctions. But in the first seven months of the year, Russia was still its top supplier, accounting for just over 30% of oil imports.
    The Schwedt refinery has been particularly dependent on Druzhba.
    The German government has been in talks to secure oil from Kazakhstan to supply Schwedt, but even that oil would have to flow to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline.
    The leak in the subsea Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines has been blamed on sabotage by both the West and Russia. It was not immediately clear how significant the leak in the Druzhba pipeline was.
    (Production: Tanya Wood)
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