Oil shipments of Transneft – Port Kozmino LLC total 100 mln t since ESPO was launched

Oil shipments by Transneft – Port Kozmino LLC have totaled 100 mln t from the moment ESPO (Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean pipeline system) was launched in December 2009, the Company says.  The milestone tonne was loaded on March 24, 2015 to the Ocean Pegasus bound for Dalian (China).

Transneft – Port Kozmino LLC is a subsidiary of Transneft JSC. Oil-loading terminal of Kozmino is the end point of the Eastern Siberia – Pacific Ocean pipeline system (ESPO). The port was built for transshipment of oil delivered by pipeline and railway to sea-going oil tankers. In 2014, the terminal exported 24.9 mln t of crude. The majority of oil was exported to Japan – 8.9 mln t (36%), China – 5.9 mln t (24%) and S. Korea – 3.7 mln t (15%). Crude oil was also exported to Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, New Zealand, Taiwan, USA and Indonesia.