DeKastri Oil Export Terminal

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The Project crude oil export system was commissioned in August 2006. Construction was completed on a 24-inch, 140 mile (225 kilometer) pipeline to transport crude from the OPF across Sakhalin Island and the Tatar Strait. Tanker loading operations began at in September 2006.
The DeKastri terminal provides storage and a Single Point Mooring (SPM) tanker loading facility that can accommodate year-round crude oil export to world markets. The terminal includes two 650,000 barrel (100,000 cubic meter) storage tanks to hold the Sakhalin-1 crude oil prior to tanker transfer and shipment. Because of its remote location, the terminal is essentially self-sufficient. It has its own electrical power generation, water supply, waste management system and living quarters for the operating staff. The crude is exported via a subsea loading line to the SPM facility, which is located 5.7 kilometers east of the Klykov Peninsula in the Chikhacheva Bay.