In  the first three months of this year 3.1 million tons of cargo were

reloaded  at "Ventspils nafta" terminal from rail. This is an all-times

high  volume  of  crude oil and oil products received and reloaded from

rail.

Out  of  the  total  volume of reloaded products, 1.9 million tons were

diesel  oil,  0.7  tons  were petrol of various brands, and 0.7 million

tons  were  crude  oil - "Ventspils nafta" started reloading the latter

only  late  in  2002,   and  during  the  few  months it has occupied a

permanent place in the service structure provided by "Ventspils nafta".

In average, "Ventspils nafta" reloads over 1 million tons of crude oil,

diesel  oil and petrol per month. This volume assures stable operations

of  the company. Also in March over 1 million tons of oil products were

reloaded, including 0.6 million tons of diesel oil, 0.2 million tons of

crude oil and 0.2 million tons of petrol.

The  company  management  is  concentrating  on  expanding the range of

services  that  do  not  depend  on the dictate of the Russian pipeline

administration.  The  company  is  also planning to build a new railway

platform suitable for receiving diesel oil and crude oil.