BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

08/01/2007

Belarus confirms stopping of Russia oil transit to West

MINSK, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - The Belarussian side has confirmed the stoppage of the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba oil pipeline. "Oil transit in the Belarussian territory through the Druzhba oil pipeline has been stopped," an informed source in the Gomel Transneft company responsible for the transit told journalists.

The company representative pointed out that oil is currently not pumped towards Poland, Germany and Ukraine and it has been interrupted by instruction of the Belneftekhim corporate group.

The company officials refused to comment to Itar-Tass on issues related to oil transportation to the West.

An official of Poland's PERN company that controls the work of the Polish section of the Druzhba pipeline said earlier that Belarus' Gomel Transneft company without warning stopped the pumping of Russian oil though the Druzhba pipeline to Poland and Germany. According to the official, his company immediately requested the Belarussian to report on the reasons for the oil supply interruption. However, Gomel Transneft has not given an answer about possible timeframe of the oil supply resumption.

Poland's oil stock will suffice for 80 days, Deputy Economics Minister Piotr Naimski said in Warsaw on Monday.

In the view of the minister, Poland's energy security is not endangered over the disruption of oil supplies along the Druzhba pipeline to Poland and Germany.

Oil supplies to Poland and Germany through the Druzhba pipeline were stopped overnight to Monday, the Polish news television channel TVN 24 reported. "There are problems" with the supply of oil along the Druzhna pipeline to Poland, officials in the Polish Economics Ministry commented on this.

Source:

http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11138509&PageNum=0

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