A planned shipment of 58,000 tons of Arab Light crude oil, scheduled to arrive on 6 November under an existing contract between Croatian pipeline operator JANAF and Hungary’s MOL Group, has been delayed due to what Slovak refinery Slovnaft calls logistical failures by JANAF. The disruption, according to Slovnaft, violates contractual obligations and threatens the […]
During the upcoming official visit of the Croatian Foreign Minister to Iraq on 25–26 October, discussions will include the potential transport of Iraqi crude oil through the Croatian JANAF pipeline. Talks are set to cover broader economic cooperation, expansion of defense industry ties, and opportunities for using Croatian ports and JANAF’s infrastructure for oil shipments.
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MOL Group CEO Zsolt Hernadi has questioned the course of European Union energy policy, arguing that the company’s strong performance is rooted in its refining capacity, logistics network, and retail presence rather than any dependence on Russian crude oil. Hernadi criticized the European Commission’s goal of ending Russian natural gas imports by 2027, calling the
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Crude oil deliveries from Russia to Hungary and Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline were suspended on Monday after damage occurred at a transformer facility, officials from both countries confirmed. The Druzhba route, which passes through Belarus and Ukraine, remains Hungary’s main channel for crude imports and also supplies Slovakia. Hungarian authorities reported being informed that
Romanian officials are investigating a suspected sabotage incident involving Azerbaijani crude oil destined for OMV Petrom’s Petrobrazi refinery. The crude, transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey before shipment to Romania, was found to contain dangerously high levels of chlorine. This contamination posed a significant corrosion risk to refinery equipment and
Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil company KazMunayGas (KMG) has successfully delivered its first shipment of crude oil to Hungary, marking a significant milestone in its strategic energy cooperation with Hungary’s MOL Group. The initial cargo of 85,000 tons was transported by sea from the Russian port of Novorossiysk to Croatia’s Omisalj port aboard the vessel Alatau, operated
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