Russia's Transneft pumping oil via Druzhba pipeline toward Belarus according to schedule

MOSCOW. Dec 2 (Interfax) - Transneft is pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline toward Belarus according to schedule, the Russian oil pipeline operator said.

"Pumping oil along this branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline is proceeding according to schedule. PJSC Transneft has fulfilled its obligations regarding the volumes of pumping on the territory of Russia and Belarus," Transneft press secretary Georgy Kaptelin told Interfax.

Poland's Pern pipeline operator previously reported that an accident had occurred on a section of the northern Druzhba oil pipeline that runs through Belarus, Poland, Germany, Latvia and Lithuania. Meantime, Poland continues to supply oil to the Schwedt refinery in Germany through one of the two branches of the system.