BRUSSELS, Jan. 22 ??“ Deputy Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat Andriy Konoplianik said that the oil market needs a functioning Odessa-Brody pipeline, saying it would be most effective if it is extended to Gdansk of Poland.

Konoplianik, in an interview with Ukrainian press on Thursday in Brussels, said he was confident that the project would go ahead because of the pattern of development of the market.