PERN official says 500,000 tns of dirty Russian oil remain in Poland

KRYNICA-ZDROJ, Poland, Sep 3 (PRIME) -- About 500,000 tonnes of contaminated Russian oil remain on the territory of Poland, Deputy CEO of the Polish operator of the Druzhba pipeline PERN Rafal Miland told PRIME on Tuesday.

“This is oil, which does not meet standards. About half a million, used to be a million (tonnes),” Miland said. “A full cleaning (of the Polish part of the pipeline) at the current rate can take between 10 months and a year.”

The problem with the quality of oil coming from Russia to Europe across Belarus via the Druzhba pipeline appeared in April. In Belarus, the pipeline splits into two stings, of which one goes to Poland and Germany, and the other to Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary. Good-quality oil deliveries resumed in early May, but there is still dirty oil in the facility.

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