JSC Ukrtransnafta has transferred 100% of its net profit in the amount of UAH 1.463 billion for 2018 in dividends to Naftogaz Ukrainy.
The press service of the company said last year the company also sent 100% of its net profit for 2017 in the amount of UAH 2.139 billion to pay dividends.
As reported, Ukrtransnafta in 2018 reduced its net profit by 31.6% (by UAH 676.454 million) compared to 2017, to UAH 1.463 billion. Net sales income rose by 2.3%, to UAH 3.873 billion, while gross profit decreased by 21.2%, to UAH 1.452 billion.
In 2018, Ukrtransnafta transported 15.436 million tonnes of oil, including 13.335 million tonnes in transit to European refineries, 1.344 million tonnes of domestic oil and 680,500 tonnes of imported oil to the refineries of Ukraine.
Ukrtransnafta, 100% managed by NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy, is the operator of the oil transportation system of Ukraine.
JSC Ukrtransnafta, having checked the quality of U.S. crude oil (the Bakken formation), which was delivered by a tanker late last week, has started pumping it into the pipeline towards Ukraine’s Kremenchuk oil refinery.
“After the compliance of the crude oil was confirmed, Ukrtransnafta began pumping oil for its further transportation through the Odesa-Kremenchuk oil pipeline to the Kremenchuk refinery,” Ukrtransnafta said on Facebook on July 13.
As reported, the first batch of crude oil from the United States arrived in Odesa on July 6. It was delivered by the Wisdom Venture tanker.
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Public joint-stock company Ukrtransnafta increased net profit by 40.8% or UAH 620.408 million in 2017, to UAH 2.14 billion, the company has reported.
Net revenue grew by 8.1% or UAH 283.254 million, to UAH 3.788 billion, and gross profit increased 6.8% or UAH 117.325 million, to UAH 1.843 billion.
In 2017, Ukrtransnafta provided for transportation of 16.034 million tonnes of crude oil via its pipelines, including 13.937 million tonnes in transit mode to European oil refineries 1.247 million tonnes extracted in Ukraine and 850,000 tonnes of imported oil to Ukrainian oil refineries.
“Compared with the same period last year, transportation volumes increased by 5.3%, which is linked to an increase in the volume of oil transit to the EU by 0.8% (in particular, towards the Czech Republic, where early 2016 repairs were carried out at a local refinery) and the resumption of transportation of imported oil towards the Kremenchuk oil refinery in March 2017,” the company said.
Ukrtransnafta, 100% of whose shares are in the trust management of Naftogaz Ukrainy, is the operator of the national oil transportation system.
Ukrtransnafta’s trunk oil pipeline system, which includes pipes from 159 mm to 1,220 mm in diameters, stretches 4,767 kilometers and through 19 Ukrainian regions. It has annual capacity to accept 114 million tonnes for shipment and to supply 56.3 million tonnes to Europe.
