Pipeliners

22.01.2007 - [Neftegaz.ru] - Disrupted Russian oil supply to the Europe through the Druzhba pipeline via Ukraine is expected to restart on Friday, the Interfax news agency reported. The oil supply will resume in full at 12:00 a.m. on Friday, Alexander Dikusarov, advisor to the Ukrtransnafta CEO, was quoted as saying. He said the shortfall in supply, about 10,000 tonnes, to those affected countries including Slovakia and Hungary, will be compensated on Friday and Saturday. The halt came after power supplies to the pipeline was cut off by storms in the Lviv region at about 10:00 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Thursday, Dikusarov said.