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Woidke: Decision at PCK Schwedt a reorientation

2022-09-16T12:31:31.960Z


Woidke: Decision at PCK Schwedt a reorientation Created: 09/16/2022, 14:21 Dietmar Woidke takes part in a press conference. © Fabian Sommer/dpa Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) also rated the decision for state control of the mineral oil company Rosneft Germany as the start of a realignment at the industrial site in Schwedt. The head of government said in Berlin on Friday that


Woidke: Decision at PCK Schwedt a reorientation

Created: 09/16/2022, 14:21

Dietmar Woidke takes part in a press conference.

© Fabian Sommer/dpa

Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) also rated the decision for state control of the mineral oil company Rosneft Germany as the start of a realignment at the industrial site in Schwedt.

The head of government said in Berlin on Friday that the climate-neutral transformation would begin on this day.

The federal government's decision affects the PCK oil refinery in north-eastern Brandenburg, which is important for eastern Germany.

Berlin - A transformation process towards "green" hydrogen is planned for the site.

Woidke said of the federal government's decision that this was a positive signal in difficult times.

"No one has to worry about not being able to pay their home loans, their bills at home, or anything else."

Employment at the Schwedt location will continue to be secured, even if there could be problems with the supply.

The PCK refinery since “heart and backbone” in the Brandenburg Uckermark.

The federal government announced in the morning that the majority owners of the PCK refinery - two subsidiaries of the Russian state-owned company Rosneft - would be placed under trusteeship by the Federal Network Agency and thus under state control.

The background is the oil embargo against Russia because of the Ukraine war, which will take effect on January 1, 2023.

dpa

Source: merkur

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