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Druzhba Repairs Under Way

OIL

The leak on the northern leg of the Druzhba pipeline are being repaired and Poland does not suspect it was sabotage according to top officials.

  • The leak was discovered on Tuesday evening and has caused limited impact – mainly reduced flows to German refineries.
  • "Everything points to natural causes, material fatigue, of course the fractured section will be examined. So at this moment we have no information that could point to sabotage," Mateusz Berger, Polish Secretary of State said.
  • Berger said the leak was caused by a "relatively large" fracture along the pipeline. He added that repairs on the pipeline have already started.

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