http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/mol-slovnaft-file-formal-complaint-with-european-commission-over-alleged-abuse-of-monopoly-position-by-janaf/ On 27 January 2026, crude oil deliveries to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline were interrupted. The pipeline has been out of service since then, significantly increasing the dependence of landlocked Central and Eastern European refineries on the Adria pipeline as the only viable route. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/druzhba-pipeline-carried-ukrainian-and-russian-oil-before-january-attack/ Oil shipments to Hungary and Slovakia through the pipeline primarily operated by Russia have been suspended since January 27 following what Kyiv says was a Russian attack on pumping installations in western Ukraine, prompting a dispute within the European Union and efforts by Hungary to block new sanctions on Russia. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/hungarys-orban-asks-eu-to-go-verify-druzhba-pipeline-damage/ Hungary this week blocked new sanctions on Russia and the loan to Ukraine, in response to the stoppage of oil flows through Druzhba. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/croatia-assessing-legality-of-importing-russian-oil-eu-says/ Croatia is assessing whether it can lawfully import seaborne Russian crude oil to supply to Hungary and Slovakia after the Druzhba pipeline supplying them via Ukraine was damaged. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/kuwaits-kpc-draws-blackrock-brookfield-eig-to-possible-7-b-pipeline-deal/ BlackRock, Brookfield Asset Management, EIG Partners and buyout group KKR are among those that have shown interest. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/uk-targets-russias-transneft-in-new-sanctions-on-ukraine-war-anniversary/ The West has imposed tens of thousands of sanctions on Russia, including its oil sector, but has failed to bring Russian oil exports down by any significant amount. China, India and Turkey still buy Russian oil. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/croatia-must-allow-russian-oil-flows-to-hungary-and-slovakia-mol-says/ MOL has contracted more oil by tankers from various countries, including Russia, to a Croatian port, and both countries are looking to tap emergency crude reserves. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/mol-sources-alternative-oil-supplies-as-druzhba-pipeline-outage-drags/ Hungary's MOL group has ordered tankers delivering Saudi, Norwegian, Kazakh, Libyan and Russian oil to supply its Hungarian and Slovak refineries and halted diesel supplies to Ukraine as it scrambles to overcome an outage of the Druzhba pipeline. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/hungary-asks-croatia-for-help-after-russian-oil-flows-via-ukraine-halted/ A Russian attack on the Druzhba pipeline in Ukraine on January 27 knocked out flows to Eastern Europe. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/slovakia-says-druzhba-oil-supplies-interrupted-expected-to-resume-in-coming-days/ The economy ministry said the interruption did not affect Slovakia's energy security and gave no further details on the length of the expected suspension of flows.