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Technical glitch halts crude delivery to Mazeikiai, Russia’s Transneft quiet

Aug 02, 2006
Staff and wire reports

WHERE’S THE JUICE? Mazeikiu Nafta went a week without receiving oil deliveries from Russia, forcing the refinery to boost supplies from the Butinge terminal, which is due to close for maintenance in September.
VILNIUS - An unexplained technical malfunction has ceased pipeline-based crude oil deliveries to Mazeikiu Nafta, while Finance Minister Zigmantas Balcytis hinted that the entire $2 billion refinery deal with Poland’s PKN Orlen could collapse if Russia moved to block the sale. Economy Minister Vytas Navickas said on July 31 that Russian crude oil was not flowing to the Mazeikiai refinery due to a technical problem in the pipeline somewhere in Belarus. As of Aug. 1 oil deliveries had not been re ...

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