Crude exports via Kozmino Terminal exceeds 9m tons
Crude oil shipments through the terminal of Spetsmornefteport Kozmino (Port Vostochny) in January-July 2012 totaled more than 9 million tons, including 1.3 million exported in July. The monthly plan for July was performed by 100%, the port’s statistics said.
In the reporting period, the major volume - 28.5%, or some 2.5 million tons, was shipped to Japan. The second consumer was China (23%), 20% of the seven-month volume of crude oil was exported to the U.S.A, 8.7% - to Thailand, 5.3% - to Philippines, 4.4% - to South Korea, 3.6% - to Indonesia, 1.6% - to Taiwan, 1.5% - to Malaysia and 0.4% - to Singapore.
In August, the terminal plans to handle the same volume as in July - 1.3 million tons. The plan for loading oil to tankers is being executed according to schedule. Since the beginning of this month five tankers with oil cargo to Asia-Pacific countries have departed the port. Loading of the sixth vessel, the Singapore-flagged ACS Brave, will be completed on August 14. The tanker will deliver the oil cargo to Japan.
According to August schedule the port is going to handle 13 oil tankers. Each export shipment will total 100,000 tons.
In September, the Kozmino facility plans to export 1.3 million tons of Russian crude oil.
Spetsmornefteport Kozmino LLC (Special Oil Port of Kozmino, Primorsky Territory), a subsidiary of Transneft JSC, started operating in late 2009. Kozmino Oil Terminal is the terminus of the ESPO Oil Pipeline (Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean). While the ESPO project is under construction the crude oil is being delivered to the terminal by the railroad. Kozmino Oil Terminal capacity is 15 million tons of crude oil (ESPO brand) a year, expandable to 30m t/y. The first export oil cargo was shipped from the terminal on Dec. 28, 2009. Russian oil exports through Kozmino in 2011 totaled 15.19 million tons. The commodity is exported primarily to the Asia-Pacific region.