THE Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has instructed the country’s Fuel and Energy Ministry to draft plans to construct a high-tech oil refinery and complete the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline to Plock, in Poland, by December.
Construction of the oil refinery and completion of the Brody-Plock section of the oil pipeline will allow full and effective use of the Odessa-Brody pipeline, and will also help diversify sources to provide Ukraine with oil and petroleum products.
In early August the European Commission awarded a contract to complete the technical, economic, and legal feasibility studies for continuing the construction of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline to Plock to a consortium which consists of three European companies: Sweco plc (Finland), ILF GmbH (Germany), and Kantor (Greece).