Síkela: Czechia will be able to end Russian oil deliveries once the TAL+ project is complete

Once the TAL+ project is complete and the capacity of the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL) has been significantly increased, it will be possible to end all deliveries of oil from Russia via the Druzhba pipeline. Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela (STAN) told Czech ambassadors this at a meeting at the Czernin Palace today.

State-owned company Mero began design work in July to expand TAL’s capacity, and has so far selected some suppliers and technologies. The project, costing 1.6 billion crowns, is expected to increase capacity for Czechia by four million tonnes of oil a year from 2025, enabling up to eight million tonnes to be delivered to the country annually by pipeline.

The TAL pipeline carries oil from Trieste in Italy to Ingolstadt in Bavaria, from where it continues to Czechia via the IKL pipeline. Czechia currently also receives some of its oil via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia.