Oil export transportation schedule via the trunk pipeline system of Transneft for 3d Quarter of 2004 has approved as follows: to foreign countries in the volume of 38,5 million tons (281,4 mn barrels) and to near abroad – 11,3 million tons (82,6 mn barrels).

According to the Ministry of industry and energy, this decision was reached at the meeting, chaired by Viktor Khristenko, on oil, gas and oil product trunk pipelines using-related issues.

3d Q transit of crude of countries-participants of CIS via the system of Transneft   will amount to 7,2 mn tons (52,5 mn barrels).