In 2008, RPK-Vysotsk LUKOIL-II (Leningrad region) plans to transship 12 million tonnes of oil products against 11.7 million tonnes in 2007, PRIME-TASS quotes a LUKOIL representative according to Neft Rossii..
From the moment RPK-Vysotsk LUKOIL-II was put into operation in June 2004, the terminal handled over 32 million tonnes of oil products. Total investments of LUKOIL into RPK-Vysotsk LUKOIL-II exceeded $700 million. According to the source, the terminal plans to handle 13-14 million tonnes of oil products per year in 2009-2010.
The construction of Distribution-and-Transshipment Complex (DTC)- Vysotsk “LUKOIL-II" (Leningrad region, Gulf of Finland) of LUKOIL OJSC was finalized in September 2006 with commissioning of the project’s third stage. The first phase of DTC was opened in July 2004, the second one – in April 2005. This sea terminal with annual capacity of 12 million tonnes is designed for transshipment of all types of oil products as well as crude oil (the complex started transshipment of crude oil in the first year of its operation). Besides LUKOIL’s own cargo the complex transships exported fuel of TNK-ВР. Total capacity of the terminal’s tank farm totals 460 thou cubic meters.