Germany is preparing for an end to the operation of the Schwedt oil refinery by the Russian company Rosneft.
Preparations have been made at all levels to solve this problem, said Economics Minister Robert Habeck in a video speech distributed on Twitter on Wednesday.
Rosneft has no interest in the Schwedt refinery being supplied with oil from countries other than Russia. In the event that Rosneft no longer controls the refinery, they want to supply Schwedt with oil via the port of Rostock.
Since the refinery also partly supplies Poland, the country also wants to be included here.
According to Habeck, the remaining twelve percent of Russia’s share of oil imports is processed in Schwedt. Schwedt is connected to an oil pipeline from Russia.
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Habeck left open how a change of operator in Schwedt could come about. During his visit to Warsaw on Tuesday, he said he was looking for alternatives and hoped to be able to find them in a few days. Overall, an oil embargo against Russia is already manageable.
This would certainly lead to higher prices or regional bottlenecks, said Habeck. “But it would no longer lead to a full catastrophe.” One is so much further than two months ago.
