STORY: The federal government is relying on larger quantities of Kazakh oil to replace the Russian deliveries to the Schwedt refinery, which will be canceled from January. Smaller quantities have already been agreed, said Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Michael Kellner on Monday in Potsdam after a working group meeting on the future of the refinery, adding: “The goal is to achieve capacity utilization in the next few weeks, including in January and then for the next few weeks Months to continue to increase. That’s why the 70%. Kazakhstan is a … another path that has already been taken, that is, it was also contractually committed, that smaller quantities are in prospect there. And then you will be in the next “We’ll see weeks and months, does this way work? Does it really arrive in Adamovo, that’s the border transfer point between Poland and Belarus and from there it’s then taken over and brought to Schwedt. But I’m optimistic. I only had government consultations myself last week with the Kazakh government that this path is a … sort of a path that not only initially in smaller amounts, but also in g larger quantities is feasible.” The federal government has assured that Schwedt and Leuna will be 70 percent utilized from January. This would be enough to supply the region and prevent price jumps there. The Schwedt refinery is attached to the Druzhba oil pipeline and is supplied with Russian oil from the state-owned company Rosneft. In addition, Rosneft holds the majority in Schwedt, although the refinery is currently under German trusteeship. As of January, Germany no longer wants to purchase Russian oil.