“A decrease in production compared to previous months is due to the technical aspects of resolving the situation associated with clearing the pipeline system from oil with an increased content of organochlorine compounds,” TASS quoted him as saying
Novak noted that in September Russia "intends to fully comply with the agreed production levels in the framework of OPEC + cooperation."
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the need to do everything possible so that incidents like an emergency involving contamination of the Druzhba pipeline would not be repeated.