OREANDA-NEWS. On January 11, 2007 Mazeikiu Nafta, the only Refinery in the Baltic States, has offered its customers – wholesale and retail networks – sulfur-free gasoline grade 95, reported the press-centre of Mazeikiu Nafta.

Sulfur-free gasoline, as called in accordance with the EU requirements, is low-sulfur gasoline containing sulfur compounds up to 10 ppm (10 mg/kg). The Company started producing and supplying gasoline grade 98 to all Lithuanian customers in 2004.

In 2005 the Company commenced deliveries of sulfur-free gasoline grade 95 to the Polish and Estonian markets, and with commissioning of the gasoline desulfurization unit in August 2007, all gasoline grade 95 produced by Mazeikiu Nafta and delivered to the markets of the Baltic countries and CIS already meets the EU requirements to be effective on January 1, 2009. The Company will discontinue production of gasoline with the larger sulfur content – gasoline of all grades will be sulfur-free.

“Until now we offered our customers in Lithuania only sulfur-free gasoline grade 98, and starting from this January we are commencing sales of sulfur-free gasoline grade 95. Soon all Lithuanian consumers will be able to buy such gasoline at any fuel station,” – Marek Mroczkowski, General Director of Mazeikiu Nafta, told. “We are proud that we produce environmentally friendlier fuels and, this way, contribute to pollution reduction.”

AB Mazeikiu Nafta exports more than 50 percent of its products to Western Europe, the USA, Canada and other countries. In 2006, the Company’s exports accounted for almost one quarter of the national exports.