EU Proposes Formal Halt of Piped Russia Oil Flows To Germany, Poland

  • Decision would entrench challenges for east German refinery
  • Germany, Poland had already stopped receiving oil via Druzhba
The PCK Schwedt oil refinery in Germany.Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

The European Union has proposed formalizing a halt of piped Russian oil flows to Germany and Poland.

The two nations have been allowed under a derogation of EU sanctions to continue receiving oil through the northern section of the Druzhba pipeline. Despite that, both already stopped taking crude via the link, making good on earlier pledges to scale back.

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EU Proposes Formal Halt of Piped Russia Oil Flows To Germany, Poland