Gazpromneft Lubricants commences bunkering with marine oils from Primorsk port berth
Gazpromneft Lubricants, operator of Gazprom Neft’s business of marine oils, is the first company to provide marine oils form the berth of port Primorsk. The first berth-to-ship bunkering was arranged for the tanker SEAHAKE (15 tonnes), the company informs.
Berth-to-ship bunkering with lubricants is one of port services widespread in Russian and foreign port. The development of new service in Primorsk will enable Gazpromneft Lubricants expand its sales network in Russia and raise sales of marine oils.
“Gazpromneft Lubricants has been manufacturing and selling marine oils for over a year and half. Our products are delivered to the largest ports of Russia, CIS and Baltic states. Being the first to bunker vessels from the berth in Primorsk, one of Russia’s key ports in the North West region, is an essential step in the development of this business. It contributes to the company’s competitiveness in both Russian and international markets,” says Aleksandr Trukhan, Director General of Gazpromneft Lubricants.
Primorsk is the largest port in the North West of Russia in terms of exports of crude and oil products. It is the end point of the Baltic Pipeline System and the oil product pipeline of project Sever (North). The port is focused on transportation of crude oil from Timano-Pechersk field, from West Siberia and Urals-Volga region, as well as fuel from some refineries in Central Russia.
Gazpromneft Lubricants is a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft. It specializes in production and sale of lubes, oils and service fluids. The company was founded in November 2007. Gazpromneft Lubricants has five production facilities in Russia, Italy and Serbia. Its production totals 450,000 tonnes of high quality products per year.
The company supplies its products to the conveyors of Mercedes Benz Trucks Vostok, Avtotor Group (for General Motors cars), KAMAZ, GAZ. The consumers of its industrial goods of Gazprom Neft brand are Severstal, Sibur, Gazprom, Evraz, ММК.
The company’s management system and its production assets meet the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
As of today, the company manufactures oils for petrol and diesel engines, transmission and hydraulic oils, industrial oils, service products and cooling liquids under G-Energy and Gazprom Neft brands. In 2012, Gazpromneft Lubricants roduced its first Техасо branded oils. The company’s product range consists of over 400 lubes and oils for all market sectors (over 1,000 items).
Gazpromneft Lubricants occupies 14% of the lubes market in Russia. It is also represented in the markets of S. Europe, Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Central Asia. It supplies products to 39 countries.