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 "slug": "eu-refinery-dialogue-jet-fuel-diesel-military-kubilius-central-europe-pipeline-system-eastern-flank",
 "title": "Brussels Opens a Refinery Dialogue on Jet Fuel and Diesel for the Armed Forces — Kubilius Wants NATO's Pipeline Network Extended East",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/eu-refinery-dialogue-jet-fuel-diesel-military-kubilius-central-europe-pipeline-system-eastern-flank/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/eu-refinery-dialogue-jet-fuel-diesel-military-kubilius-central-europe-pipeline-system-eastern-flank/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-28T19:15:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-30T19:16:13.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 28 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Andrius Kubilius and Dan Jørgensen, the EU's defence and energy commissioners, opened a Commission dialogue with European refiners on 28 October, with NATO present; its stated aim is short-term measures to maximise output of the fuels most urgently needed, \"including jet fuel and diesel, essential for military operations\"\n * EU refineries supply about 70 per cent of the jet fuel and 85 per cent of the diesel consumed in Europe; around a qu",
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