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Rosneft says replacing Russian oil at German refinery will cause fuel price jump

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Updated: Aug 12, 2022, 18:21 UTC

(Reuters) - Russia's Rosneft said on Friday that replacing Russian oil supply via the Druzhba pipeline to the 240,000 barrel-per-day German PCK Schwedt refinery it owns alongside Shell and Eni could cause a "loss" of 300 million euros a year. Rosneft said the refinery's capacity would be cut by half if supplied only by Rostock.

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(Reuters) -Russia’s Rosneft said on Friday that fuel prices in Germany will likely jump if the PCK Schwedt refinery it owns alongside Shell and Eni replaces Russian pipeline oil supplies with more expensive, seaborne non-Russian barrels.

The European Union plans an almost-complete embargo of Russian barrels by year-end, and is trying to wean itself off Russian crude imports, which have fed inland refineries in Germany, Poland and other central European nations via pipeline.Rosneft said the refinery’s capacity would be cut by half if supplied only via pipeline from the German Baltic Sea port of Rostock. It currently receives all its supplies via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia.

“According to our estimates, the loss from PCK’s operation in this mode will be about 300 million euros per year,” Rosneft said.

“The replacement of even a part of Russian supplies will lead to underloading of the plant and a sharp increase in the cost of petroleum products, the shortage of which is already a serious threat to the German consumer market today.”

A spokesman for Rosneft declined to give further details.

A tanker of U.S. sour crude oil was delivered to Rostock last week for the first time ever to feed into PCK Schwedt, according to sources, analysts and vessel tracking data.

(Writing by Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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