Transneft outlines Ust-Luga sour crude plan

摘要

Russian pipeline operator Transneft has outlined proposals for creating a separate higher-sulphur crude stream for export from the Baltic port of Ust-Luga. Exports of higher-sulphur crude could reach 30mn t/yr (600,000 b/d) if a decision is made to start shipping it through Ust-Luga, Transneft vice-president Igor Katsal said at a 19 May meeting of the pipeline operator's expert group. Creating a separate stream to Ust-Luga for sour crude would allow Transneft to reduce the sulphur content in Urals sup- plied through the Transneft system to other destinations, Katsal said.