Damaged Pipeline at Rosneft Refinery Causes Large Oil Spill in Germany

In brief: The PCK refinery rear the border with Poland is majority-owned by Rosneft Deutschland, a local subsidiary of the Russian oil giant.

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by AFP | Dec. 11, 2025, 3:06 am

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Damaged Pipeline at Rosneft Refinery Causes Large Oil Spill in Germany

View of the PCK Industrial Park which houses the PCK Oil refinery, just outside Schwedt, some 110 km north of Berlin, northeastern Germany, taken on April 2, 2022. An oil pipeline of the major PCK refinery was damaged in the German state of Brandenburg on December 10, 2025, a spokesman for the state’s environment ministry said, resulting in a “large oil spill”. The PCK refinery near the border with Poland is majority-owned by Rosneft Deutschland, a local subsidiary of the Russian oil giant, and managed through a trusteeship by the German government. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

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Damaged Pipeline at Rosneft Refinery Causes Large Oil Spill in Germany

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