Leak Halts Russian Oil Flow To Germany, Officials Say Sabotage Not Suspected

Polish pipeline operator PERN said on Wednesday that it had detected a leak on the Druzhba oil pipeline carrying crude from Russia to Europe and switched off the damaged line to Germany immediately in what Poland says was probably an accidental leak. PERN’s automation systems detected late on Tuesday a leak on one of the two lines of the Western section of the Druzhba pipeline which is used to deliver crude oil to Germany, the Polish operator said today.     “At the moment, the causes of the incident are unknown –…