Russia: the spill of the Polish section of the “Friendship” pipeline did not affect Russia’s foreign oil supply

Rosneft stated on the 13th that the loss of the Polish section of the “Friendship” pipeline did not lead to a drop in Russian supplies to Poland or Germany.

Polish pipeline operator PERN released a statement on social media on the 12th, stating that on the evening of the 11th a leak was detected in one of the two pipelines in the western section of the “Friendship” pipeline, which is the main route for the transport of crude oil to Germany. At present, the cause of the accident is not known, the pumping of the leaking line has been stopped and the other line is functioning normally. Mateusz Berger, the Polish government’s secretary of state for strategic energy infrastructure, later said there was no reason to infer that the leak was caused by sabotage. On the same day, the spokesman for the Polish Internal Security Agency Zaren said that the extent of the leak is not enough to threaten the security of Poland, but the final result of the investigation should be determined as soon as possible.

The “Friendship” pipeline was built during the Soviet era and began in central Russia, transporting crude oil from West Siberian oil fields to major European refineries. The pipeline is divided into two branches: the northern line with a large transport volume enters Poland and Germany via Belarus, the southern line passes through Ukraine to Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The oil pipeline ” Friendship “can transport up to 2 million barrels of crude oil per day, but in recent months, due to the deterioration of Russian-European relations, the volume of oil transport of the two lines has significantly reduced.