Transneft will refuse Ukrainian pipes in case of nationalization
OAO AK Transneft does not want to carry out pumping oil through Ukraine in the direction of Hungary, If the Ukrainian government nationalization of the Ukrainian section of the pipeline, said the head of " Transneft " Nikolay Tokarev.
the story is About passing through the territory of Ukraine the pipeline " Samara - West direction, which belongs to organization " Precarpathians "controlled by " Southwest Transnefteproduct " (part of " Transneft " ).
" The question about what we need to withdraw the pipe in the property of Ukraine. In April (2014 ed) we were taken due to these risks: completed delivery of diesel fuel through the pipe (subsequently renewed - as amended). If Ukraine decided it unlawful to take, they will take it only in the form of scrap metal, so that the product will not, " said Tokarev in conversation corporate magazine " Transneft ".
" We have uploaded there preservative solution - please, take it, use it! And then I read the materials of the Ukrainian press, And the creepy feeling: they seriously believe that If you take the pipe, We will continue to pump the product. And to pay millions of dollars in compensation for the stolen fuel? To us, this business is not needed. Status of the pipe will change, but as long as to concretize And to get ahead I will not " - said the head of " Transneft ".
Tokarev said that Transneft were faced with a massive theft of diesel fuel on the square of Ukraine." for the last 3 years Transnefteproduct was forced to spend 67 million dollars to compensate for the stolen diesel fuel, " said Tokarev.
About your desire to buy from Transneft " Precarpathians " said the Russian LUKOIL. Himself Tokarev in early October, told reporters that the owner of Prikarpatzapadtrans " And, accordingly, the owner of the pipeline, will be the Ukrainian-Hungarian-Russian cartel. The property " Precarpathians " is also a section of oil pipeline " Grozny-Armavir-Employment ", which is now decommissioned And dismantled. Ownership of " Transneft " on this site, as on " Samara - West direction, is disputed in courts since 2005.
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