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