Transneft JSC on 11 March 2011 recommenced the supply of crude oil through the pipeline to the port of Primorsk, cancelled on the same day earlier, PortNews reports citing a source in the company.
Transneft was forced to stop pumping crude oil through the pipeline to Primorsk port due to ice-bound conditions. The monopoly had managed to redistribute the oil volume through the port of Novorossiysk and the Druzhba pipeline.
Primorsky Trade Port (PTP) is Russia’s premier port in the country’s North-West region for exports of oil and petroleum products. The Primorsk Oil Terminal is the terminus of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS). In 2010, crude oil exports via the port totaled 71,7 million tons.