Polish and German refineries have reached a preliminary agreement to process contaminated oil sent from Russia last month, which still sits in pipelines from Belarus, sources familiar with the situation said. The northern route of the Druzhba pipeline that supplies Russian crude to Polish and German refiners has been shut for more than a month after oil flows were found to be contaminated with high levels of organic chloride. Since then, industry officials have held several meetings to discuss how to remove the dirty oil and split the related costs. Four sources said that during the latest talks in Warsaw last week, four European refineries – Total’s Leuna, PKN Orlen’s Plock, Lotos’ Gdansk plants, and PCK, which is part-owned by Rosneft’s German unit – have reached a preliminary deal to share the contaminated oil. The companies will remove the crude, most of which is currently in […]