Germany was the EU country hardest hit by contamination of oil flowing from Russia on the Druzhba pipeline,

Germany was the EU country hardest hit by contamination of oil flowing from Russia on the Druzhba pipeline, the Paris-based International Energy Association reports. Oil supplies to Germany fell by 110,000 barrels a day, or 6.5%. Supplies to Slovakia fell by 70,000 barrels a day and supplies to Poland fell by 30,000 barrels a day. The oil contamination problem started in mid-April and initially was covered up by Russia’s Transneft. It comes as Russia seeks to portray itself as a reliable energy supplier to Germany and the EU, capable of meeting European gas import needs with two Russia-Germany pipelines, dropping Ukraine as a backup route.