Amount of Compensation Due to Oil Contamination in Druzhba Not Discussed - Energy Ministry
The participants of the talks on the situation with the Druzhba oil pipeline in Moscow did not discuss specific amounts of compensation due to oil contamination, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin told reporters Monday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) The participants of the talks on the situation with the Druzhba oil pipeline in Moscow did not discuss specific amounts of compensation due to oil contamination, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin told reporters Monday.
He said the talks involved "all parties": Transneft and operators of Druzhba sections in other countries, major Russian oil companies, including Rosneft, and European oil recipients, including Poland's Orlen and France's Total.
"Following the talks, we signed a protocol, all parties, all participants approved it, which is important... Specific amounts were not discussed, but procedural aspects, mechanisms and algorithms of interaction were discussed today, and conceptually accepted by all parties," Sorokin said.