Russia's Novak says Kazakhstan oil re-routed from Druzhba pipeline, TASS reports

Tatneft Imeni V.D. Shashina PAO

30/04/2026 14:33

MOSCOW, April 30 (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that all of Kazakhstan's oil volumes previously shipped via the Druzhba pipeline have been redirected to other destinations, the Russian state news agency TASS reported.

Novak added that the Schwedt refinery in Germany is no longer receiving any oil through the Druzhba pipeline.

Russia had said it would halt Kazakh deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline from May 1 - a blow to the Schwedt refinery, which Germany placed in a trusteeship after effectively seizing the stake of Russia's Rosneft ROSN.MM, the previous majority owner, after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022.

 (Reporting by Marina Bobrova, Writing by Anna Peverieri; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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