Druzhba oil pipeline
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As of 2021, the Druzhba pipeline provided about 20% of Russian oil exports, or about 1 million barrels per day.
From March to October 2022, exports through Druzhba increased to 3.4-3.6 million tons, largely due to Poland (+ 300 thousand tons) and Hungary (+ 200 thousand tons), and from November 2022 it decreased by almost 1 million tons to 2.5-2.6 million tons (a decrease of 2-2.5 times supplies to Poland and three times to Hungary, a decrease of 20% to Germany).
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2024: Fire after a Ukrainian drone strike on the territory of an oil pipeline in the Tambov region
On June 28, 2024, the Ukrainian military attacked several Russian regions with drones, a fire broke out on the territory of the Druzhba main oil pipeline in the Tambov region, after its liquidation, work is underway to eliminate the consequences.
2023
The Russian army repelled the attack of drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on an oil refinery in the Bryansk region
Governor A. Bogomaz June 17, 2023: "Tonight, air defense units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation in the Novozybkovsky urban district repelled the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Druzhba oil refinery station. Thanks to the professionalism of our military air defense systems, three aircraft-type drones were destroyed. "
Two Ukrainian drones attacked the Andreapol station in the Tver region
On May 27, 2023, two Ukrainian drones attacked the Andreapol oil pumping station in the Tver region. UAVs flew to the station near the village of Erokhino, which serves the Druzhba oil pipeline. The first drone crashed into the building of the oil shop at 3:15, after which an explosion occurred - the roof and wall of the building were damaged. The second drone flew in half an hour later - it fell to the ground and exploded. The fire was extinguished by employees of the enterprise, there were no injuries.
NPS Andreapol is one of the largest production facilities in the region. The station ensures stable operation of the Druzhba oil pipeline.
Ukraine raises transit tariffs to 21 euros per ton
In April 2023, it was announced that Ukraine was raising tariffs for the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline in two stages to €21 per ton from August 1.
Neutralized explosive device dropped from a drone in the Bryansk region
According to Shot, an explosive device was found at the Druzhba oil pumping station in the Bryansk region on March 16, 2023.
According to preliminary information, it was dropped from the drone. The device was discovered in time and neutralized by sappers, there were no injuries.
Kazakhstan is trying to increase supplies to the EU through the Druzhba pipeline
Kazakhstan [1] is struggling to find enough crude oil to meet European countries' requests for supplies through Russia's Druzhba pipeline system, which would allow them to scale back their deals with Russia amid the conflict in Ukraine.
According to the state-owned oil pipeline operator KazTransOil, Germany should receive a total of only 40,000 tons of Kazakh oil in the first quarter. This is almost 90% less than originally planned.
Oil producers can make higher profits on other export routes. Deliveries through Russia will depend on further goodwill. Moscow
Ukrainian military strikes a missile at an oil pipeline facility in the Bryansk region
On February 1, 2023, the Ukrainian military attacked the Tochka-U missile on the Druzhba oil pipeline in the Bryansk region. The shell fell near the Novozybkov oil pumping station.
According to preliminary data, the object itself did not actually receive damage - the station was temporarily de-energized, and the staff was evacuated on time.
Novozybkov is engaged in pumping oil in transit to Europe through Belarus - despite a slight decrease in demand for pipeline oil from Germany, significant volumes of fuel supplies continue to go through the station.
Transportation of 500 thousand tons of oil to Poland in January
Transneft transported 500 thousand tons of oil from the Russian Federation to Poland in January 2023 through Druzhba.
Enterprises in the east of Germany reduce fuel production after the ban on oil supplies through Druzhba
Oil refineries in the east of Germany faced difficulties after the introduction of a ban on the import of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline from January 1 and are forced to cut fuel production, media reported in January 2023.
2022
Ukraine raises the fee for the transit of Russian oil through the pipeline to Eastern Europe
On November 21, 2022, it became known that Ukraine plans to increase the fee for the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline to Eastern Europe next year "due to Moscow's attacks on the country's energy supply," Bloomberg reported, citing a letter that the Ukrainian operator Ukrtransneft sent to the Russian Transneft.
From January 1, 2023, the company said it would raise tariffs for oil transportation towards Hungary and Slovakia by 2.10 euros per ton to 13.60 euros ($13.90). UNITED STATES). That fee was also raised in April 2022, bringing the total year-on-year increase to 51%.
Ukraine temporarily suspended oil pumping through Druzhba in the direction of Hungary due to Russia's strike on the transformer station
On November 15, 2022, Ukraine suspended the pumping of oil through Druzhba in the direction of Hungary, Transneft reported.
Ukraine notified Transneft that oil pumping in Friendship in the direction of Hungary was suspended due to a drop in tension.
The Vengerskaya MOL said it was monitoring the situation at Druzhba, and the country's president, Viktor Orban, was convening a security council over the pipeline shutdown.
Hungarian Foreign Minister: oil pumping through Druzhba was stopped due to damage to the transformer station as a result of a strike on the territory of Ukraine, work can be resumed in a short time after repair.
Already on November 16, 2022, oil supplies to Hungary through the Druzhba pipeline were resumed, under low pressure.
Serbia and Hungary plan to build a branch of the oil pipeline for oil supplies from Russia
Serbia and Hungary intend to build a 128-kilometer branch from the Druzhba oil pipeline for the supply of Russian oil, Russian Ambassador Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko said on October 31, 2022.
Resumption of supplies to Hungary and Slovakia
The Czech Republic said that they do not receive oil through Druzhba. In the republic, the company Orlen Unipetrol, which belongs to the Polish PKN Orlen, is engaged in oil processing. Hungary and Slovakia themselves paid for the pumping of oil from Russia, after which Transneft resumed supplies through Druzhba.
Ukrtransnafta stopped pumping Russian oil through Druzhba towards Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Ukrtransnafta on August 4, 2022 stopped pumping Russian oil through Druzhba towards Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia - sources.
Transneft confirmed that Ukrtransnafta stopped the transit of Russian oil along the southern branch of Druzhba "due to the inability for Transneft to pay for services due to EU sanctions."
Transit along the northern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline through Belarus in the direction of Poland and Germany is proceeding normally.
Transneft is working on alternative options for paying for the transit of Russian oil through Ukraine, and has also sent an appeal to Gazprombank to obtain permission from the European regulator to make payments.
The Hungarian oil and gas company MOL said it had initiated negotiations to assume obligations to pay for transit under Druzhba.
Ukraine threatens Hungary with closure of oil pipeline branch
On May 26, 2022, Advisor to the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Elena Zerkal said, against the background of Budapest's unwillingness to abandon Russian oil, that Kyiv has leverage on Hungary.
She recalled that a separate thread of the Druzhba oil pipeline is coming to Hungary, with which "something can happen."
Germany is looking for ways to abandon oil from Russia
Against the background of the conflict related to the special operation Russia , he To Ukraine Germany wants to halve the import of Russian oil by mid-2022 and become "almost independent" of it by the end of the year, Economy Minister Robert Khabek said in March 2022. The government is hastily developing complex plans to organize deliveries by sea, trucks and trains - after all, the country has depended on deliveries from Russia through pipelines for decades.
The task looks ominously difficult - depending on what the word "almost" means - but the biggest part of the problem lies in eastern Germany, where the logistics of the refining industry are set to turn crude oil from Russia into fuel for consumers.
2021
The average export volume is 3.2 million tons per month. Germany and Poland major consumers
European pipeline oil exports from Russia are sold through the Druzhba pipeline with an average volume of 3.2 million tons per month for 2021 with a peak actual throughput of 3.7-3.8 million tons per month.
The main clients through Druzhba were:
- Germany on average intercepts 1.3-1.7 million tons,
- Poland receives 0.70-1.1 million tons,
- Slovakia in the range of 0.4-0.6 million tons,
- Czech Republic about 0.3-0.5,
- Hungary before the sanctions received 0.2-0.4 million tons,
- [1] within account accuracy (according to Bruegel).
Unscheduled repair of the oil pipeline in Belarus and stopping pumping to Poland
In November 2021, Belarus stopped the Druzhba oil pipeline through which oil flows from Russia to Europe. Gomeltransneft announced unscheduled repairs and stopped pumping to Poland.
Belarus and Poland suspend Russian exports via pipeline
In September 2021, the Druzhba oil pipeline was paralyzed due to the synchronous decision of Poland and Belarus to "block the cranes" for Russian raw materials.
Both branches of the pipeline, built in the 1960s to supply Soviet oil to Eastern European CMEA countries, were blocked for Russian exports.
Belarus was the first to announce the termination of pumping for four days. On August 9, on the day of the visit of President of the country Alexander Lukashenko to Moscow, the state concern Belneftekhim stopped exports along the southern branch of Druzhba in order to launch it in reverse mode and accept Azerbaijani oil from Odessa.
The long-term agreement between the Belarusian Oil Company and the state-owned Azerbaijani SOCAR was concluded in December 2020. It was assumed that the supply volumes would be at least 1 million tons of Azeri Light grade.
Following the southern branch of Druzhba, which pumps oil to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, two days later restrictions were introduced on the second, northern branch, through which raw materials are supplied to Poland and then to Germany.
From September 11 to 14, restrictions on oil reception were introduced by the Polish national operator of the Pern pipeline , said Transneft spokesman Igor Demin.
According to him, the Polish side explained the decision by overflowing the Shvedt refinery storage facility to failure.
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