OREANDA-NEWS. December 3, 2010. JSC NC “KazMunayGas” (hereafter – NC KMG) controls 9.67% of participating interest in DPF Petroleum Depot (Depot Petrolier de Fos) in France through its foreign subsidiary Dyneff (100% subsidiary of The Rompetrol Group N.V.).

DPF is a central storage depot and a sale point of oil products for such refineries as Total La Mede, Ineos Lavera, Esso Fos and Lyondell basell Berre, total refining capacity of which is 30% from the total volume of all 12 refineries of France.

The total storage capacity of the petroleum depot, situated in the South of France (nearby Marcel), is 780,000 cub. m.

Annual quantity of shipments by sea, pipeline and oil tracks makes approximately 8 mln cub. m. The petroleum depot has ISO 9001-14001-18001 certification.

At the present time the storage capacity in possession of Dyneff in DPF amounts to 83,234 cub. m.

Within the framework of depot upgrading during the period from 2009 to 2010, the reservoirs capacity has been increased by 80,000 cub. m. to 860,000 cub. m.

Storage dilatation was carried out entirely from DPF’s own funds. NC KMG in its turn has managed to add its capacities by 10,000 cub. m.

Oil products at DPF petroleum depot are stored in 40 reservoirs, with the rules on oil products storage observed rigidly.

Completion of DPF petroleum depot upgrading in 2011, which is one of strategically important terminals of NC KMG in France, will allow NC KMG strengthening its positions in the sphere of logistic infrastructure in Europe through its subsidiary Dyneff.