Ukraine resumes oil transit via Druzhba pipeline — details

Ukraine has resumed oil pumping through the Druzhba main pipeline, and supplies to Slovakia may resume as early as the morning of April 23.

This was reported by the Minister of Economy of Slovakia, Denisa Sakova.

According to her, citing information from "Ukrtransnafta," the increase in pressure and the filling of the system began on the Ukrainian section of the pipeline from the Belarusian side on the morning of April 22.

It is expected that oil pumping and its supply to Slovakia will be fully restored by the morning of Thursday, April 23.

At the same time, the Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Plc. informed capital market participants that JSC "Ukrtransnafta" notified them of the start of crude oil inflow from Belarus through the Druzhba pipeline system to Ukraine at noon on April 22.

MOL expects that the first batches of crude oil following the restart of the Ukrainian section of the pipeline will arrive in Hungary and Slovakia no later than tomorrow.