Brody-Adamowo oil pipeline construction project

Essence and significance of the project

The planned Brody-Adamowo oil pipeline is an integral, and presently, the only missing link of the future Euro-Asian Oil Transport Corridor. Its construction will mark the commencement of continued supplies of oil from the Caspian Sea region to European consumers through the Corridor. The Brody-Adamowo Pipeline will also connect the Polish (European) oil transmission system with the Ukrainian system, while at the same time allowing the connection of the northern and southern pipelines of the “Druzhba” pipeline within the Union. It will become the key strategic element of the energy infrastructure in this part of Europe. It will be the third source for the supply of crude oil immediately after the “Druzhba” pipeline and the Gdansk terminal. This pipeline will strengthen the energy security of Europe in the scope of oil supplies, by a diversification of sources and by supplying efficient routes for this raw material, which is a stated priority of the energy policy of the European Union. It will allow the delivery of oil from the Caspian Sea region to Polish refineries and its transit to the Baltic States, including Germany.

The construction of the pipeline will strengthen Ukraine’s energy security in a similar way. It is assumed the technical possibility of using the Brody-Adamowo oil pipeline not only in the direct direction but also in reversing. This will allow in crisis situations, resulting in disruptions of oil supply from the Black Sea and Russia, to supply Ukraine and other European countries with this energy resource from the North Sea and the Baltic.

Moreover, the Project itself supports reduction of tanker traffic through the Bosporus and the Danish straits, thus reducing the environmental hazards connected with exhaust emission and possible failure of vessels.