Poland starts repairs on damaged oil pipeline
Repairs on a leak in the Druzhba pipeline carrying crude oil to Europe have begun, the Polish pipeline operator PERN has said.
The leak was detected on Tuesday in Poland's Kujawsko-Pomorskie province, some 70 kilometres from the central city of Plock.
PERN said on Wednesday evening that initial findings showed "no signs of interference by third parties."
On Thursday, the company's technical services had already started repairing the damaged section of the pipeline carrying crude oil to German customers.
"The aim is... to resume pumping oil to Germany at "full levels" as quickly as possible," PERN said in a statement.
From Wednesday to Thursday, PERN carried out a cleaning out of the remaining oil in the pipeline to create safe conditions for activities to remove the defect, according to the statement.
