AB Mazeikiu Nafta reports processing 7,244 MM tones of feedstock in nine months of 2008, crude oil comprised 6,962 MM tones. Comparing to the same nine-month period of previous year, the Company throughput increased by 45%, which is 4,981 MM tones of feedstock which included 4,005 MM tones of crude oil.
In the third quarter 2008, the production efficiency factor reached 101% (with the throughput of 10 MM tones of feedstock per year) and was 40% greater than in the same period in 2007 (60,1%).The production efficiency factor of the second quarter was 99%.
Assessing 2008 third-quarter performance results, Marek Mroczkowski, General Director of AB Mazeikiu Nafta, said BC that, in 2008 third quarter, the Company processed the greatest volume of feedstock during the past eight years.“The performance stability and high feedstock processing level was reached due to 2007 shutdown and vacuum distillation unit restoration”, – said M. Mroczkowski.