[1/2] Zsolt Hernadi, Executive Chairman of Hungarian oil and gas group MOL poses during an interview with Reuters in Budapest, Hungary, April 27, 2023.
Hernadi said MOL was fighting to prevent a hike in oil transit fees in Ukraine and also in Croatia.
The BTC pipeline transports crude oil from offshore oil fields in the Caspian Sea to the Turkish coast.
He said MOL would pay Ukraine's pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta directly for the transit of Russian oil but there was still a dispute over a Ukrainian hike in fees.
"There are still disputes, discussions ongoing about the transit fee, as a multi-fold increase has been flagged (by Ukraine)."