The refinery PCK in Brandenburg supplies Berlin and the northeast with fuel. Now that the sanctions against Russia have taken effect, an alternative has been found for purchasing crude oil.
The PCK refinery in Schwedt, Brandenburg, is to receive 100,000 tons of crude oil from Kazakhstan every month by the end of 2024. A corresponding agreement between the German and Kazakh sides was reached on Tuesday during the state visit of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to the Central Asian country. With the long-term supply, the utilization of the refinery will increase by about ten percentage points, according to the information.
In a joint press conference with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Steinmeier welcomed the additional deliveries. This secures the future of the Schwedt location and thus also the fuel supply in East Germany. “This is good news for Schwedt and good news for energy security in Germany.”
The PCK refinery supplies Berlin and large parts of north-eastern Germany with fuel. Until the end of 2022, it mainly processed crude oil from Russia. In the course of the sanctions against Russia because of the war of aggression against Ukraine, the German government decided not to use Russian oil. Since then, other sources of supply and new delivery routes have been sought. Kazakhstan has already stepped in with deliveries several times in the past few months.
Source: Stern
