Nov 24 (Reuters) – Flows of oil to Slovakia by way of the Druzhba pipeline via Ukraine have been restored late on Thursday following a suspension earlier within the day, the Slovak Economic system Ministry stated in a press release.
“Oil is presently flowing to Slovakia by way of the Druzhba pipeline from the Ukrainian facet. Oil provides to Slovakia have been briefly interrupted this afternoon as a consequence of pressing work on {the electrical} system in Ukraine,” the ministry stated in a press release.
Flows to the Czech Republic have been persevering with as regular, the RIA Novosti information company quoted a spokesperson for the MERO operator as saying. Provides weren’t interrupted earlier because the pipeline carrying oil from Slovakia to Czech Republic was unaffected by the ability outages in Ukraine.
Reporting by Jake Cordell and Jan Lopatka; Enhancing by Jon Boyle
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