Drone strike on Druzhba hub in Tatarstan reportedly forces Russia to curb oil flows

Russia's pipeline monopoly Transneft has decreased the quantity of crude oil it takes into its system by about 250,000 barrels a day after a Ukrainian drone assault on its Kalyeykino pumping station.

Supply: Reuters citing sources

Particulars: One supply stated the reduce primarily affected shipments from Tatneft, a producer based mostly in Tatarstan.

Ukrainian drones hit the important thing Kalyeykino station, which serves the Druzhba pipeline carrying Russian oil to japanese Europe and to Russia's major western ports, a Ukrainian safety official and trade sources stated.

The strike prompted a hearth on the station, which has a capability of about a million barrels a day. It’s positioned close to town of Almetyevsk in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan, greater than 1,200 km from the Russia-Ukraine border.

Kalyeykino is a key level for transporting oil from western Siberia. Constructed within the Seventies, the station is a vital junction for pumping and mixing, combining oil of various qualities into the Urals export mix with medium sulphur content material and the candy Siberian Gentle grade.

Pipelines from Kalyeykino provide oil to main western ports together with Novorossiysk and Primorsk in addition to to the Druzhba pipeline. The station can be an vital hub for provides to Russian oil refineries.

The extent of the injury has not but been assessed, however trade sources stated that if the affect is extreme it may have an effect on Russian oil exports together with volumes and high quality.

One supply stated that two storage tanks with a capability of fifty,000 metric tonnes every caught fireplace in the course of the assault.

Background:

• Provides of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia have been halted from 27 January after Kyiv stated a Russian drone strike had broken Druzhba pipeline gear in western Ukraine
• Hungary blocked additional EU sanctions in opposition to Moscow and a serious mortgage for Kyiv, rising strains in Europe's pro-Ukraine consensus forward of the fourth anniversary of the conflict.

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