Ukrainian Sanctions Halt Lukoil Deliveries to Slovakia, Hungary – Reports

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia from Russian oil giant Lukoil have come to a halt due to Ukrainian sanctions, mediareported
economy ministry also confirmed that oil deliveries from Lukoil have stopped flowing there
The Central European country had secured deliveries from another supplier and the ministry was discussing the issue with its Ukrainian
partners, the report said.Hungary and Slovakia have equally split around 900,000 metric tons of Russian oil every month, according to
industry sources cited by Reuters
Overall, Russia exported around 1.1 million metric tons (250,000 barrels per day) via the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline that runs
countries halted the vast majority of their energy purchases from Russia in a bid to exert economic pressure on Moscow over its invasion of
Ukraine
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