Druzhba pipeline
The Russian company Transneft has received applications from Germany and Poland for pumping oil for next year through the Druzhba pipeline.
Earlier, these countries stated that by the end of the year they intend to completely abandon pipeline oil supplies from Russia, however, they submitted applications for pumping for the next 2023.
Berlin and Warsaw intend to extend import supplies of oil from Russia in significant volumes. Poland expects to supply 360 thousand tons of oil during December of the outgoing year and 3 million tons - during the next year, 2023. Germany has also already received an application for pipeline oil supplies during the first quarter of next year.
Earlier, the Polish authorities announced their intention to suspend oil imports from Russia to the country by the end of 2022. Warsaw also initiated sanctions against the northern branch of the Russian Druzhba pipeline, through which "black gold" enters the EU countries.
With the help of sanctions, Warsaw planned to create a justification for terminating previously concluded contracts with Transneft, avoiding the penalties provided for this case.
The agreement signed earlier with the leading Polish oil refinery Orlen provided for the supply of raw materials in the amount of 3 million tons over the next year. At the same time, there is no data on the price at which Poland and Germany are going to buy oil from Russia. With a ceiling or without a ceiling?
Comment: And this is Poland that just the other day
declared Russia to be a 'state sponsor of terrorism'.
RT
reports:
According to Tokarev, Warsaw expects to receive 360,000 tons of Russian crude this December and 3 million tons more in 2023. He added that Berlin has also placed an order for the first quarter of next year, but did not specify the volume requested.
"They announced that they would not take oil from Russia as of January 1. However, we have already received requests to pump it through the Druzhba pipeline from Poland and Germany next year," Tokarev stated.
The EU embargo on Russian oil, which came into force on December 5, does not apply to the Druzhba pipeline, targeting only seaborne shipments. The southern leg of the pipeline delivers oil to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, which are heavily reliant on Russian supplies.
As we can see above, the West claims to be 'abandoning' Russian energy supplies but because currently it has no viable alternatives it's instead
paying for it at an even higher price, secretly, via intermediaries.
That said, do Poland and Germany foresee the NATO-instigated conflict ending in 2023? Or does its leadership realise that, whatever happens, by that point it will need a reliable and affordable energy source or risk unimaginable upheaval at home?
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The intelligent people of the world are fast running out of popcorn watching the EU shoot itself in the foot at Uncle Scams bequest. Its like if I was making a movie I wouldn't be able to make it up as its too unbelievable, But here we are!