Oil: leak detected in Poland on an oil pipeline linking Russia to Germany

Firefighters called in to pump oil from the leaking area of ​​the pipeline carrying crude oil from Russia to Germany, near the village of Zurawice, Poland, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. © AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk

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New leaks in a pipe from Russia.

It was detected in Poland, on an oil pipeline.

One of the two lines of the Druzhba line, linking Russia to Germany, was closed following this leak in the center of the country.

The case is reminiscent of recent leaks from the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

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With our correspondent in Warsaw,

This time, it's a black lake that has risen to the surface, in the middle of a field in the Polish countryside.

An image that is necessarily reminiscent of the bubbles that escaped from the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.

But if everyone already has their eyes on Russia in the event of a potential sabotage of the gas pipeline, for this Polish leak, it is still too early to determine the cause.

The operating company's emergency services and firefighters immediately went to the scene to evacuate the oil lake that formed.

And it is only afterwards that we can inspect the pipe.

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This incident once again raises the question of the safety of European infrastructures.

A subject already at the center of discussions last week at the summit meeting of the European Political Community in Prague.

In the meantime, pumping in the Druzhba pipeline has been stopped, but the second line is still functioning normally.

Germany is still supplied with Russian oil.

And on the Polish side, the local oil company wanted to reassure the country's truck drivers: they will have no problem filling up with fuel.

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