A substitute for Russia’s purchase of oil could be an expansion of supplies through the TAL pipeline from Trieste, Italy.
Prague found a way to lose reliance on Russia’s oil with the help of the TAL pipeline, which runs from Trieste, Italy. this was announced on Thursday, May 5, by the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala, writes Novinky.cz.
“This is very important if we want to impose an embargo to ensure that citizens and companies will have enough oil. Restricting pipeline capacity is the key to removing Russia’s reliance on oil,” he said.
According to Fiala, this is the easiest way to find substitutes for Russian oil.
“TAL will solve our problems. Austria and Germany,” he added.
The European Union is now considering a ban on Russia’s oil imports as part of a sixth package of sanctions.
The TAL group of companies was founded in the 60s to operate the Transalpine oil pipeline with a total length of 753 km, providing 40% of oil imports from Germany, 90% from Austria and 50% from the Czech Republic. Republic. The starting point of the pipeline is the port of Trieste (Italy).
On the eve of the media published a draft of the sixth package of sanctions on the EU. It is planned to delay the full embargo on crude oil for six months, and on petroleum products for eight, according to preliminary documents.
Recall that on April 8, the broad fifth package of EU sanctions against Russia took effect. This includes a ban on the import of coal, timber, chemicals, freezing of the assets of the largest banks. Also, road transport operators from Russia and Belarus are also prohibited from entering ports for ships and transport on EU territory. In addition, the sanctions affected more than 600 Russians.
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