Ukraine Plans to Raise Oil Transit Fee After Russian Strikes
- Tariff on flows to Hungary, Slovakia at €13.60/ton from 2023
- Ukrtransnafta’s costs rose due to attacks on infrastructure
The Druzhba pipeline, near Mukachevo, Ukraine.
Photographer: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg
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Ukraine plans to raise transit fees for Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline to eastern Europe next year due to Moscow’s attacks on the nation’s power supplies.
Ukrtransnafta JSC, the operator of Ukraine’s oil pipeline network, informed its Russian counterpart Transneft PJSC that “continued destruction of the Ukrainian energy infrastructure has led to a significant shortage of electricity, an increase in its costs, a shortage of fuel, spare parts,” according to a letter from the company seen by Bloomberg.