For the first time in history, the Czech Republic receive only non -Russian oil – Petr Fiala's premiere of this country said on Thursday. The expansion of the Transalpian Tal pipeline and the first deliveries of non -Russian oil from the tanks in the Italian Triesten reached our southern neighbors.
Fiala stated that after over 60 years the Czech Republic is independent of the Friendship pipeline.
Trieste oil was delivered to the tanks in Nelahozeves, from where it will go to the refinery in Litvinov – one of two that belong to Orlen Unipetrol. The czech republic They are able to pump up to eight million tons of oil per year from western pipelines.
No more Russian oil
The president of Orlen Unipetrol Mariusz Wnuk in the PAP sent by PAP wrote that the refinery in Litvinov on Friday should be reached by crude oil from Norwaywhich will be processed next week.
– At the same time, we secured additional tankers with pus from foreign deposits for Litvinov refinery. Deliveries to both of our refineries (Litvinov and Khalupa over the Vltava) are therefore uninterrupted. The production and supply of fuels to the Czech market is equally efficient – the grandson assured.
Tal+ pipeline
The launch of the Tal pipeline, which after expansion is marked as Tal+, will allow the refineries in the Czech Republic to be completely covered. – We completed the next step on the road to our energy independence – said Prime Minister Fiala.
The implementation of the Tal+project, which allows the bandwidth to increase the transalpine pipeline, began after the Russian invasion of Ukraine In 2022, the Czech Republic used an exception in the system of EU sanctions and could use Russian oil, which created about 50 percent of all supplies of this raw material.
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