Poland repairs oil pipeline leak, says pumping will resume

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish operator of an oil pipeline says it is repairing damage that caused a leak earlier this week to the main source of crude oil from Russia to Germany. It said Thursday that it wants to resume the pumping of crude oil as soon as possible through the pipeline. The operator had said earlier there were “no signs of any third-party interference” related to the leak, which was detected in the Druzhba pipeline on Tuesday evening 45 miles from the central Polish city of Plock. The pipeline is one of the world’s longest oil pipelines. After leaving Russia, it branches out to bring crude to European points that also include Belarus, Hungary and Austria.