The German subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned oil company Rosneft told German regulators that the Russian energy ministry had ordered the halt, the ministry said, adding that Moscow had not confirmed the decision directly to the German government.
Rosneft Germany “is currently assessing the implications” of the pipeline closure for the refinery and is “utilising all available options to ensure security of supply in Germany”, the ministry said.
“The lack of Kazakh oil deliveries to the PCK refinery does not ultimately jeopardise the security of supply of mineral oil products in Germany, even if PCK Schwedt would have to operate at a lower capacity utilisation,” the ministry said.
The German government, which has held Rosneft’s German assets under trusteeship since 2022, is now accelerating efforts to find a permanent Western or Kazakh buyer to secure the refinery’s future and detach it from Russian state influence.
