LAST UPDATE: 13.12
Slovakian oil refiner Slovnaft said on Wednesday it expected Russian crude flows through Ukraine to resume in the coming days after it made payment for transit fees to Ukraine, which had been a “thorn in the side” and led to the disruption of flows to the south branch of the Druzhba pipeline a few days ago, as reported by the Reuters agency.
“Slovnaft has already made the payment to the Ukrainian company’s account. Given this, Slovnaft expects oil flows to continue in the coming days. The Russian side has also agreed to this solution,” Reuters reports.
Ukraine announced that flows were expected to resume within the day.
Shortly after, Bloomberg reported that Hungarian oil company Mol Nyrt., which was also pressing for an unblocked supply, said Ukraine and Russia had accepted its decision to mediate and also pay for the transits.
In a statement on Tuesday, Russia’s Transneft explained that its payment for transit rights through Ukraine for the month of August, which was made on July 22, was rejected on July 28 because certain sanctions against Moscow came into force.
“Ukrtransnafta stopped transporting Russian oil through the southern leg of the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia on August 4,” Transneft spokesman Igor Demin told RIA Novosti. “Indeed, Ukrtransnafta completely stopped the transit of oil to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia through the southern leg of Druzhba on August 4.
Source: Capital
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