Overview
- Rosneft confirmed it will stop sending Kazakh crude through the Druzhba pipeline to the PCK Schwedt refinery on May 1, prompting Brandenburg lawmakers to convene an emergency session on contingency plans.
- PCK supplies about 90% of gasoline, diesel, heating oil and jet fuel for Berlin and Brandenburg, and plant leaders warn throughput could fall toward 65%, below the roughly 80% needed to run profitably.
- Federal and state officials say deliveries via the ports of Rostock and Gdańsk and short‑term reserves can cushion the shock, but those routes have limited capacity and higher costs than pipeline oil.
- The Iran war has driven EU fossil‑fuel import costs up by more than €27 billion in 60 days and slashed traffic through the Strait of Hormuz by over 95%, increasing risk for oil and refined product flows.
- The International Energy Agency has warned of potential jet‑fuel shortages, and Berlin’s airport BER relies on Schwedt for a significant share of its kerosene, putting flights at added risk if supplies tighten.