Tuapse oil terminal

Tuapse Oil Terminal is an oil import-export terminal located 8 km (5.0 mi) offshore from the port of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

The terminal, which commenced operations in 2005,[1] belongs to the Russian oil giant Rosneft.

The overall capacity of the import-export terminal is approximately 71 million barrels per annum (~9.7×10^6 t/a) of oil but capacity will be increased to 121 million barrels per annum (~1.65×10^7 t/a) by 2015.

The terminal serves as a supplier for the nearby Tuapse Refinery, also owned by Rosneft.

[2] The construction of the terminal started in 2003 and was completed by 2005 at a cost of US$120 million.