Ventspils nafta                                          15.02.2005.



Mogas Volumes Handled by Ventspils Nafta Termināls Increased



The volumes of motor gasoline handled by Ventspils Nafta Termināls 

– the daughter company of the joint stock company Ventspils Nafta 

were at an all-time high in January 2005. The handled volume of 

gasoline grades 76, 80 and 92 reached 0.41 million tonnes 

this January and is considered the biggest when compared 

with previous years. 



For example, the biggest volume of motor gasoline handled by 

Ventspils Nafta Termināls in 2004 was in May and made up 

of 0.32 million tonnes. In 2003 it was in February and 

the handled volume of the above product reached 

0.26 million tonnes.



Over the last years the volumes of motor gasoline handled 

by Ventspils Nafta Termināls despite their monthly 

fluctuations managed to increase steadily and hit 

record high in this January. Ventspils Nafta Termināls 

is extremely advantageous to anyone involved in the 

transportation of motor gasoline considering the developed 

infrastructure of the terminal that enables to 

unload rail-tank-cars and store petroleum products; 

as well as the port of Ventspils has the possibilities 

of handling large tanker-ships and allowing the cargo 

owners to decrease noticeably their freight expenses.



Totally Ventspils Nafta Termināls handled 0.7 million tonnes 

of petroleum products in January 2005; it is worth mentioning 

that the above volume complies with any forecasts previously 

made by the company. Apart from motor gasoline the terminal 

handled 0.3 million tonnes of gas oil. By reason of a high 

tariff imposed by Russia on crude oil export that in January 

was still in the amount of 101 USD per tonne, the total 

volume of crude oil deliveries exported from Russia by 

railway has decreased noticeably, and considering this, 

the receipt of crude oil deliveries was not planned by 

Ventspils Nafta Termināls in January. 







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For information –

Gundega Varpa,

7229793;

gundega.varpa@vnafta.lv