Ukraine announced the resumption of oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline - MOL
Kyiv • UNN
Ukrtransnafta resumed pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline after a break. Deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia are expected no later than tomorrow.
The Hungarian oil group MOL announced that Ukraine had informed it about the resumption of oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline, which transports Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, MOL reported on April 22, UNN writes.
JSC Ukrtransnafta informed MOL that oil supplies from Belarus via the Druzhba pipeline system to Ukraine began today at noon. MOL expects that the first oil deliveries after the restart of the Ukrainian section of the pipeline system will arrive in Hungary and Slovakia no later than tomorrow.
According to Reuters, pumping began at 12:35 p.m. (9:35 a.m. GMT), a source in the industry said, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
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Shortly thereafter, EU ambassadors meeting in Brussels approved a loan that Budapest had previously opposed until oil exports were restored.