Germany’s PCK Schwedt refinery, which was cut off from Russian crude supplies in 2022, is now consistently running at a high rate and seeks to double imports from Kazakhstan, Bloomberg said, citing a refinery official.

• In June, CDU utilisation at the refinery was above 80% for the fourth consecutive month.
• Schwedt currently receives around 70% of its crude oil from the German port of Rostock via pipeline, 15% via pipeline from Gdansk in Poland, and 15% via Druzhba.
• Kazakhstan has signalled that it is able to double its crude oil deliveries to delivery, which are currently 100k mt per month.