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Russia stopped deliveries of oil to Poland via the “Druzhba” (“Friendship”) pipeline, as informed by the Polish biggest state oil company PKN Orlen.
PKN Orlen informed the Polish Press Agency that the company was prepared for such a move and that deliveries to its refineries would continue on tankers.
“The suspension of deliveries will therefore have no impact on the provision of Polish customers with the company’s products, including petrol and diesel,” PKN Orlen said in a statement.
According to the company’s data, the oil from Russia satisfied only about 10 percent of Orlen’s requirements since the company decided not to prolong its previous contract with Russia’s oil giant Rosneft in early February.
The deliveries were carried out solely by pipeline and were not covered by international sanctions, Orlen added.
Orlen informed it completely reduced oil and petroleum shipments by the sea at beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Now the company will focus on obtaining oil from the regions of the North Sea, West Africa, the Mediterranean, the Arabian Gulf, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Orlen’s only remaining contract with a Russian oil company, Tatneft, will expire at the end of 2024. The imports might end earlier if the contract is targeted by EU sanctions, the company informed.
