Contamination Halts Russian Oil Flows to Parts of Europe
- Low Russian crude quality may damage refining equipment: PERN
- Polish oil refineries say no threat to productivity from halt
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Russian oil flows were halted across Europe after customers complained of unusual impurities in the crude, adding another disruption to the global oil market and briefly pushing prices in London above $75 a barrel.
Poland, which receives oil through a northern section of the giant Druzhba pipeline, stopped Russian imports, saying shipments have become contaminated by organic chlorides. The halted section passes from Poland to Germany. Ukraine similarly halted barrels flowing through the southern link of the pipeline.