De-Kastri Oil Terminal (russian: Нефтеотгрузочный терминал Де-Кастри) is an oil export terminal located away from the village of

De-Kastri De-Kastri (russian: Де-Ка́стри) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Ulchsky District of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Population: Etymology The settlement's name is the Russian phonetic transliteration of the name of the Marquis de Castri ...

in Khabarovsk Krai,

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. It is one of the biggest oil terminals in the

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that serves as a hub for crude oil deliveries to Asian markets. The terminal which started operations in 2006 belongs to the

Sakhalin-I The Sakhalin-I (russian: Сахалин-1) project, a sister project to Sakhalin-II, is a consortium for production of oil and gas on Sakhalin Island and immediately offshore. It operates three fields in the Okhotsk Sea: Chayvo, Odoptu and Arku ...

consortium led by

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which also includes 20% stake held by Russian affiliates of Rosneft: Sakhalinmorneftegas-Shelf and RN-Astra. The overall capacity of the export terminal is approximately of oil. Tanker loading capacity is suitable for

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tankers up to . The five Aframax tankers servicing the terminal are purpose-designed double-hull

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vessels. The area of the terminal covers nearly The construction of the terminal started in 2003 and was completed by August 2006. Construction subcontractors included Russian-Turkish joint venture, ''Enka-Technstroiexport'' and Russian companies ''Koksokhimmontazh'' and ''Dalmorstroi''.

Awards

In November 2009, during the IV International congress ''Oil Terminal 2009'' held in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, De-Kastri terminal won the ''Terminal of the Year'' award. The award ''Terminal of the Year with capacity of shipment of more than 5 million tonnes per year'' is presented to an international terminal with best economic, ecological and social indicators once in every three years. De-Kastri terminal was nominated among the total of 34 candidates. Since 2006, nearly 300 oil tankers have transported more than 30 million tonnes of crude oil from the terminal without a single incident. De-Kastri's SBM loading is considered to be the largest in the industry.

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Awards

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