OREANDA-NEWS. During March 2016 SC Klaipedos Nafta (hereinafter – “the Company”) reloaded 782 thousand tons of petroleum products into its storage tanks of Klaipeda oil terminal and Subacius fuel base (SFB), i.e. grater by 120.9 per cent compared to March 2015, when 354 thousand tons were reloaded.

During the first quarter of 2016 the Company in total reloaded 2,321 thousand tons of petroleum products into its storage tanks or greater by 54.8 per cent compared to the same period of 2015 when 1,499 thousand tons were reloaded. The main reasons for the transshipment volume growth in 2016 are: the significantly increased volume of petroleum products delivered by SC Orlen Lietuva and significantly increased volumes of petroleum products from Belorussia.

During March 2016 in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal of the Company 2,313 thousand MWh of the natural gas were re-gasified and supplied to the natural gas transmission system, i.e. grater by 3.5 times compared to March 2015, when 518 thousand MWh where re-gasified. During first quarter of 2016 Company re-gasified 5,088 thousand MWh of the natural gas, i.e. grater 2.6 times compared to the same period of 2015, when 1,399 thousand MWh natural gas was re-gasified. This remarkable growth is related with the additional LNG terminal users – Achema, SC and Lietuvos duj? tiekimas, JSC.

The preliminary sales revenues of the Company’s LNG Terminal for February 2016 comprise EUR 5.9 million, which is equal to the one twelfth of the liquefaction revenues approved by the National Commission for Energy Control and Prices for the year 2016. The preliminary revenue of the LNG terminal for the January-March  2016 comprise EUR 17.6 million and it’s grater by 8.6 per cent compared to the same period 2015 (EUR 16.2 million).

The preliminary sales revenues for the three months 2016 of SC Klaipedos Nafta oil terminal and SFB comprise EUR 12.4 million and are greater by 18.1 per cent compared to the same period of 2015 (EUR 10.5 million). Total preliminary sales revenues of the Company for the first quarter of 2016 comprise Eur 30.0 million, i.e. 12.4 per cent grater compared to same period 2015 (Eur 26.7 million).

Petroleum products transshipment and LNG re-gasification:

  March January – March
  2016 2015 Change, % 2016 2015 Change, %
Petroleum products transshipment, thousand tons 782 354 120.9% 2,321 1,499 54.8%
LNG re-gasification, thousand MWh 2,313 518 346.5% 5,088 1,399 263.7%

Preliminary revenues of the Company, EUR million:

  March January – March
  2016 2015 Change, % 2016 2015 Change, %
Klaipeda oil terminal activity 3.8 3.0 26.7% 11.8 9.9 19.2%
Subacius fuel base activity 0.2 0.2 0.0% 0.6 0.6 0%
LNG terminal activity 5.9 5.4 9.3% 17.6 16.2 8.6%
Total: 9.9 8.6 15.1% 30.0 26.7 12.4%