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Druzhba Flows to Hungary Resume at Low Pressure

OIL

Hungary has begun receiving oil flows via the Druzhba pipeline according to its Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto, but flows are currently at low pressure.

  • He said earlier that he expected flows would not be impacted for a long time because the pipeline was not damaged.
  • The head of the Czech state strategic reserves agency SSHR, Pavel Svagr, said on Twitter that repairs to restart normal deliveries were expected to be made on Wednesday or Thursday indicating the damage was not serious.
  • The Kremlin were tight lipped on commenting on the situation.
  • Czech pipeline operator MIRO said flows to the country on its section of the pipeline continued on Wednesday, with the stoppage impacting the Ukraine to Slovak section.

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