OREANDA-NEWS. September 11, 2007. During the 8 months of the current year Ukrtransneft, which operates the Ukrainian pipelines, transported 35.335 mn tons of oil. This figure is a 17.4% plus over the last year same period result. Oil transit grew by 23.1% - up to 27.152 mn tons. There was transported 8.183 mn tons of oil to the Ukrainian oil-processing factories.

In January-August 2007 the Pridneprovsky pipelines transported 17.927 mn tons of oil. It is 15.7% more than in January-August 2006. The pipeline of the subsidiary Trunk Pipelines Druzhba increased oil transportation by 19.2% - up to 17.409 mn tons.