LUKOIL increases St. Petersburg bunker sales

LUKOIL-BUNKER increased its summer bunker sales in two major ports in North West Russia, the company has said in a statement.

Marine fuel sales in the port of St. Petersburg for June through August rose 1.5% year-on-year to 149,012 tonnes, with heavy oil accounting for 87% of the volume and 13% of the volume being light oil products.

In the port of Ust-Luga, which it said was a promising developing bunker market, sales for the summer period were 64,000 tonnes with 1.0% maximum low sulfur fuel accounting for 47% (30,080 tonnes) of the sales and 3.5% sulfur content fuel the remaining 53%.