Oil pumping by Druzhba pipeline across Ukraine suspended

The oil transportation by the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba oil pipeline was suspended at 21.59 on Thursday, 18 January, because of bad weather, Pavlo Vasylenko, head of the press center of the office of the Ministry for Emergency Situations in the Lviv Oblast, reported on Friday. In particular, Ukraine suspended oil supplies to Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

Ukrtrnasnafta operator of the oil-transport system of Ukraine plans to resume oil supplies on Friday, 19 January.