Upgrades to boost the capacity for oil deliveries to the Czech Republic via the TAL pipeline are complete, ending the country's need to import Russian crude, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Tuesday.

The Czech government says the country has boosted its energy security by completing a project to finish its dependence on oil delivery from Russia.

By Newsbase Czechia is on track to end its reliance on Russian oil within the next few months following the completion of key technical work on the TAL-PLUS oil pipeline expansion, announced by Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala on January 14.

The Czech Republic no longer needs to import Russian oil following the completion of an expansion to the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL) from Italy, Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced Tuesday. "The construction of this expansion has now been completed,