Hungary, Serbia agree to build pipeline to ship Russian oil to Serbia

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https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/hungary-serbia-agree-build-pipeline-ship-russian-oil-serbia-hungarian-govt-2022-10-10/

Hungary, Serbia agree to build pipeline to ship Russian oil to Serbia

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October 10, 2022 5:45 AM EDT
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BUDAPEST, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Hungary and Serbia have agreed to build a pipeline to supply Serbia with Russian Urals crude via the Druzhba oil pipeline as Belgrade's shipments via Croatia fall under EU sanctions, the Hungarian government said on Monday.

Last week the European Union agreed on new restrictions against Russia over its war against Ukraine, which include an oil price cap for Russian seaborne crude deliveries to third countries. Serbia gets its oil via the JANAF oil pipeline from Croatia.

"The new oil pipeline would enable Serbia to be supplied with cheaper Urals crude oil, connecting to the Friendship oil pipeline," Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs tweeted.

He added that Serbia's oil supply was largely via a pipeline through Croatia, "but this is unlikely to be possible in the future because of the sanctions that have been adopted".

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[Lovie777]

1. Unfortunately Hungary is part of NATO ....

but atlas other NATO countries are aligning themselves with other oil rich countries and building alternative pipelines because at this point in time, NATO, EU are tired of the blackmailing bullshit that Russia does in order to keep power.

[Scrivener7]

2. How long does it take to build a pipeline?

[2naSalit]

3. They have...

A LOT of geographic obstacles including mountains along most of nay route and several points where at least two major rivers would be at risk.

They might agree to it, might never get built.