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Brave New Lithuanian Oil Terminal Loads First Tanker Today
(The Bunker Bulletin)
July 22, 1999
Just a few miles south of the Latvian border lies the new Butinge crude oil terminal, where today the first tanker will dock to start loading 80,000 tons of Russian crude oil, reports Reuters.
The terminal was planned in 1990 as the Baltic republic came under increasing pressure from Russia to curb moves to independence. The Russians used oil blockades to ...... Read more on The Bunker Bulletin
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