Contamination halts Russian oil imports to German refinery
For the second time since April, elevated levels of organic chlorides have a Shell refinery halting oil via the Druzhba pipeline
05 July 2019 - 17:36
Berling — The PCK refinery in eastern Germany has halted imports of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline after once again finding “slightly elevated” levels of organic chlorides, the refinery’s owner Shell told Handelsblatt newspaper on Friday.
The pipeline, which brings oil from deep inside Russia to much of Eastern and Central Europe, has been plagued by a contamination crisis that disrupted flows from the world’s second-largest exporter of crude...
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