Spetsmornefteport “Primorsk” ups transshipment of crude oil by 1% to 11.9 m t in Jan-Feb 08

In January-February, Spetsmornefteport “Primorsk” transshipped 11.9 million tonnes of crude oil (+1%, year-on-year), the company’s press center reports according to PRIME-TASS. ООО Spetsmornefteport “Primorsk” LLC (Leningrad Region, subsidiary of Transneft company) was put into operation on December 27, 2001 as the final stage of the first phase of Baltic Pipeline System (BPS) aimed at oil transportation from Timano-Pechersk field as well as from West-Siberian and Ural oil-and-gas provinces. In 2007, its throughput amounted to 74.2 million tonnes of oil (+12.4%, year-on-year).