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Belarus has raised the tariff on oil supplies through the Friendship pipeline, including the northern thread, which transports fuel classified as from Kazakhstan to Germany. The increase by almost half prompts a search for a route outside Russia.

Kommersant’s sources in Russia have accused Poland of blocking the growth of supplies of oil classified as „from Kazakhstan” through Russia and the Friendship Oil Pipeline to Germany’s Schwedt refinery. Based on the agreements Germany can import to the tune of 100,000 tons per month, but the Russians would like to send more. They avoid […]

The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan said that it was talking about increasing oil supplies to Germany via Russia to 2 million tons per year. The use of the Friendship Oil Pipeline is controversial, and the talks are coordinated with the Russians.

Journalists from several German news outlets have determined that the oil imported from Kazakhstan, which may in fact come from Russia, received preferential treatment at the German border. Apparently it is not being tested, which speeds up the customs control. Meanwhile, the Customs Service admits that such a procedure may be used to circumvent sanctions.

The oil supplies to Germany from Kazakhstan may replace the imports via the Naftoport in Gdańsk. This may indicate that Germany will yet again become dependant on the East, which, due to pipeline infrastructure, is influenced by Moscow. These deliveries are mainly important for the German refinery Schwedt, to which oil is also supplied by […]

Germany’s Ministry of Economy and Climate told a regional newspaper that the oil imported from Kazakhstan mixes with Russian oil, and that it was inevitable. Poland was concerned this scenario was the case. The sanctions have not been violated, but the oil from Russia continues to flow through Polish territory to our neighbor. This confirms […]

A Brandenburg politician from die Linke, Christian Görke believes that Orlen, behind which the Polish state is supposed to stand, makes Germany dependent on oil from Gdańsk in order to then cut off the Schwedt refinery from supplies from Kazakhstan. He also blasts the project of the second strand of the Pomerania Oil Pipeline.

Since the beginning of 2023, there have been 153 blackouts in Kazakhstan’s oil fields, leading to a decline in production by 75 thousand tons. This is happening at a time when Kazakh oil is presented as an alternative to Russian.

Poles are concerned that Russians may use the supply of Kazah oil via the Friendship Pipeline that goes through Poland to Germany to bypass sanctions. Therefore, as part of the talks on putting sanctions on the pipe, they want access to documents that will confirm the origin of the oil.

Batches of oil ordered by Germany’s Schwedt refinery from the Kazakhs have reached Poland. However, the oil may actually be from Russia, because it has the same parameters.