Russia’s oil supplies to Poland have stalled after US President Joe Biden’s official visit to Warsaw. We are talking about fuel imports under the contract with Tatneft, opens words of the head of energy Orlen Daniel Obaitek concern RIA Novosti.
Biden was in Warsaw from February 20-22, 2023. As Obaitek recalls, in 2015, Poland signed a contract with the Russian company Tatneft, which will expire in 2024. Russia stopped deliveries under this agreement at the end of February this year.
The 2015 contract with Tatneft accounts for 10 percent of the oil in our energy system and expires in 2024. However, after President Biden’s visit, the supply of these raw materials to Poland was stopped,” complained the Orlen president.
At the same time, suppliers of alternative fuels can make up for lost volumes of Russian oil. Obaitek listed the North Sea, West Africa, and Mexico and the Persian Gulf as the most promising regions for imports.
February 27 Igor Demin, the official representative of the Russian oil pipeline state company Transneft declaration Suspension of oil exports to Poland. This was because the Polish side did not pay for the transport of raw materials, as “route instructions were never given”.
Source: Gazeta
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