Tainted russian oil supply

26 Apr 2019 The quality problem arose last week when an unknown Russian producer contaminated oil with high levels of organic chloride, which is used 16 May 2019 Oil Traders Begin Slow Work of Cleaning Tainted Russian Cargoes Much of the supply, most of which would normally be delivered locally, 30 Apr 2019 How Russia contaminated $2.7 billion of oil exports to Europe / FOCUS or 10 percent of European oil imports - in a major disruption to supply 29 Apr 2019 The discovery that Russia has been exporting contaminated crude oil with its sanctions because it believes oil markets are well-supplied,

Russia has since said the oil was contaminated deliberately by an unnamed local producer while Belarus said it would take months to restore clean oil supplies to Europe via Druzhba.

The tainted oil that flew through the Druzhba oil pipeline from Russia to customers in Europe was "deliberately contaminated" at a private terminal, according to Russia's oil pipeline operator Poland, which receives oil through a northern section of the giant Druzhba pipeline, stopped Russian imports, saying shipments have become contaminated by organic chlorides. The halted section passes from Poland to Germany. Ukraine similarly halted barrels flowing through the southern link of the pipeline. The oil contamination, the largest in the history of the Druzhba pipeline, which was built in 1960s, has undermined Russia’s reputation as a energy supplier and led to the suspension of operations Russia plans to restore oil supplies via its key Druzhba pipeline to Europe in two weeks, after joint talks with Belarus, Ukraine and Poland on Friday in Minsk. Poland, Germany, Ukraine and other countries suspended imports of Russian oil via the pipeline this week due to contamination.

1 Jun 2019 Figure 2: Contaminated crude in the Druzhba system and its clean-up Oil supplied via BPS-2 is delivered to the Russian Baltic seaport of Ust-

28 May 2019 “The Druzhba pipeline issue should cap Russian supply for the time Russian oil officials talk about 20 million barrels contaminated, but oil 2 Aug 2019 In a statement issued on July 24, Russian oil pipeline monopoly the first part of its claims related to tainted oil supplies it had received, saying

Poland, which receives oil through a northern section of the giant Druzhba pipeline, stopped Russian imports, saying shipments have become contaminated by organic chlorides. The halted section passes from Poland to Germany. Ukraine similarly halted barrels flowing through the southern link of the pipeline.

31 Oct 2019 Russia's unprecedented oil-contamination crisis began in April but it's proven tricky and slow for the industry to absorb the supplies. The nation's 13 Jun 2019 Tainted Russian Oil As Another Argument for Diversifying Supplies to Central Europe. In April 2019, the contaminated petroleum supply was 25 May 2019 Last month, Russia halted supplies via the Druzhba oil pipeline to several European countries due to a contamination issue, which the Russians 31 Oct 2019 A cargo of contaminated Russian oil was sold at a discount of more than $25 a barrel to benchmark crude prices, six months after the 31 Oct 2019 Alekperov said the contract forecast oil supplies of approximately 4 million Russia initially said recovering the tainted oil would cost no more 25 Feb 2020 Belarus' export fell by $2.055 billion over Russia's restrictions on the export of oil products and contaminated oil supplies from that country, 1 Jun 2019 Figure 2: Contaminated crude in the Druzhba system and its clean-up Oil supplied via BPS-2 is delivered to the Russian Baltic seaport of Ust-

The Druzhba pipeline is the world's longest oil pipeline and one of the biggest oil pipeline Estimates of overall contaminated stock, including that still in the pipeline and Russian oil supplies to Belarus have not been agreed for 2020 and

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — Russia’s giant Soviet-era oil pipeline is a vital piece of Europe’s energy infrastructure, carrying crude to refineries across the region. This week it’s been