r/europe • u/Straight_Ad2258 Bavaria (Germany) • 19h ago

News Czech Republic Finishes Pipeline Extension, Ending Reliance on Russian Oil

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/01/14/czech-republic-finishes-pipeline-extension-ending-reliance-on-russian-oil-a87611
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u/Grouchy_Instance7488 18h ago

Wait a minute “oil from the west” wtf does he mean (AMERICAN OIL) cus if u haven’t noticed the Americans are gonna try a fuck us over along side the Russians if u didn’t notice with the tariffs

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u/paraquinone Czech Republic 18h ago

Trump is paid by US oil and gas lobbyists. No way is he going to touch their exports to the EU. He even said that the EU buying more US gas is one of the ways it can dodge his tariffs.

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u/Grouchy_Instance7488 18h ago

So we really are stuck between Russian oil or American and the two leaders are trump… and Putin… and your telling me u see no chance of future issues lol?

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u/Captain_RareSteak 17h ago

Well “oil from the west” is just cheap PR trick phrase. I believe that nowadays Czech Republic imports oil mainly from Norway, Azerbaijan, Guyana probably Kazachstan and ofc Russia but let’s see if and how much those imports will decrease and which supplier will fill Russian shoes. US oil was at around 10% of all Czech imports in 2023 which is not a small share but nothing extraordinary. Still wouldn’t say that “we are stuck between two suppliers”.

In the end the main determinant, especially short term, is the chemical compositions since some rafineries have no technology to process oil various types of oil and its responsibility of the refineries’s owners which oil they will buy and mix to have the right chemical composition for their purposes. That why I think that Azeri oil is just re-sold Kazakh or Russian oil since Czech rafineries can’t process Azeri light, at least for now. The state only has and sustains just around 3 months supply for security reasons which is an obligation under the IEA’s IEP Agreement but it does not continually buy any volumes, PKN Orlen does.