The Butinge oil terminal's general director Jim Scheel declared that the September's loading of 600 thousand tons allows to conclude the terminal's reaching its designed capacity by the end of the current year.

Butinge Oil Terminal management communicated that in September 2001 the terminal filled 6 tankers. The company's general director Jim Scheel declared that the September's loading of 600 thousand tons allows to conclude the terminal's reaching its designed capacity by the end of the current year. The designed capacity of the terminal is 8 mln tons per annum. In the last 9 months there have been processed almost 4.2 mln tons. The Butinge terminal is becoming more and more attractive for the Russian and CIS exporters.