Russian Pipeline Fire Could Affect Oil Loadings

January 18, 2018

© Mikhail Perfilov / Adobe Stock
© Mikhail Perfilov / Adobe Stock
An oil leak and resulting fire on an oil pipeline in Russia's Saratov region may affect the loading schedule for Russian crude exports, Igor Dyomin, a spokesman for oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, told reporters.
 
Dyomin said that oil flows through the pipeline could resume in approximately 3-4 days.


(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Adrian Croft)

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