Polish pipeline operator PERN has detected a leak in one line of the two stretches of the western section of the Friendship pipeline, which carries oil to Germany, and halted oil pumping through the line.
The Polish pipeline operator PERN has restored full functionality of the western section of the Druzhba pipeline carrying crude oil to Germany, PERN said in a news release on Saturday.
Repairs on a leak in the Druzhba pipeline carrying crude oil to Europe have begun, the Polish pipeline operator PERN has said.
Crude oil is being pumped from the damaged stretch of the 'Druzhba' oil pipeline, so that workers can carry out repairs on a leak.
PERN, Poland's crude oil pipeline operator, detected a leak in the western stretch of the ‘Druzhba’ pipeline late on Tuesday evening.
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The Polish prime minister has described leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which lie beneath the Baltic, as “disturbing”, adding that they may well have been caused “by an act of sabotage”.
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