OREANDA-NEWS.  January 12, 2012. The volume of Russian crude oil exports from Kozmino terminal amounted to 15,199,000 tons, the Vostochny Port Authority reported. This year, Kozmino plans to handle 15 million tons.

In the reporting period, Kozmino terminal exported 27% of ESPO oil to the U.S., 19% were shipped to Japan, 18% - to China - 18%, 13% - to South Korea, 9% - to the Philippines, 7% to Thailand, 4% - to Singapore. Peru, India, Indonesia each imported 1%.

In 2012, Rosmorport plans to deepen depths of Pier Number 2 to enable access of 80,000dwt and 150,000dwt tankers. Kozmono also continued expansion of other facilities to handle simultaneously two tankers.

Spetsmornefteport Kozmino LLC (Special Oil Port of Kozmino, Primorsky Territory), a subsidiary of Transneft JSC, started operating in late 2009. Kozmino Oil Terminal is the terminus of the ESPO Oil Pipeline (Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean). While the ESPO project is under construction the crude oil is being delivered to the terminal by the railroad.

Kozmino Oil Terminal capacity is 15 million tons of oil a year, expandable to 30m t/y. The first export oil cargo was shipped from the terminal on Dec. 28, 2009. Russian oil exports through Kozmino in 2010 totaled 15.34 million tons. The main consumers of the commodity are in the Asia-Pacific region.