SHIPMENTS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN THE VOLGA-CASPIAN REGION

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 8, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION sECRET/SECURITY INFO
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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USSR
SUBJECT Shipments of Petroleum Products in the
Volga-Caspian-Region
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED BY SOURCE
DATE OF INFORMA.TION
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LOTION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT MY AN UNAUTHORIZED PINION IE
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DATE DISTR. j144/1955
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The total annual shipments of petroleum products transported by sytarier for the
following years in millions of tops are:
19,8
8.0
1947
6,0
1941
4.1
1948
6.4
1942
none
1949
1.6
194,
8.3
-1950
6.4
1944 ,
4.8
1951
6.8
(Final plan)
1941
4.8
1912
7.0
- 7.2 (Preliminary plan)
1946
5.0
- 1.2
The 19/0 Baku production of petroleum did not fulfill the needs or the $oriet Union.
The 1910 figure given above- included the shipments of Tuymazy crude carrli,
Reydtanker. In 1910 Reydtanker carried only shipments of gas oil to Gu. Of all
of the petroleum products carried by Reydtanker about 5% of the total wo4ld consist
of industrial oils. The 1951 figure was what the final plan.for the steamship
agency called for. The navigation season permitting, these final plans for Reyd-
tanker are usually surpassed. There is always a greater capability of if?* steam-
ship comyany to transport petroleum than there is for the refineries to produce the
petroleum products. Consequently there is constant pressure on the-oil production
trusts for the output of greater amounts of petroleum products. The 1952 total was
not,a.finalized plan but only a preliminary estimate. There was a fairly good
possibility of the figure being set at 7.0 millions due to the protests of G1avNef4
teSbyt officials, Their claim being that even 7.0 million was teyond tCeir capa-
bilities. Of this 7.2 million tons, approximately 800,000 to 1,000,000 tons would
be the shipments of Tuymazy crude and another 400,000 to 450,000 tone were to be
shipments to Gurev.
3. /n the pr6paration of annual transport plans for the shipment of petroloum poducts
a series of steps are taken which culminate in the finalized totals for the year.
Local officials of GlavNeteSbyt and the oil tanker steamship agencies nelet and
prepare their estimates of what they anticipate they will be able to handle. These
estimates Are forwarded up through the respective ft
ministries of the ofelals to
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the Council of Ministers, When the State has determined what the norms shall be the
Ministry of the Merchant Fleet and the Ministry of the Petroleum Industry are informed
of the basic requirements. The twa ministries then make a detailed plan for the bene-
fit of their own agencies, The Chief Directorate of the Oil Tanker Fleet (alaVNefte-
Flot) MM?, receives a plan outlining their responsibilities as does GlavNefteSbyt,
GlavNefteFlot then breaks dawnethis annual total into quarters and months, The quarter
ly and monthly assignments are then made for the three oil tanker steamship agencies*
ie Biadk Sea Oil Tanker Steamehip Agency (Sovtanker)? Kasptahker and Reydtanker0
Thebe quarterly and monthly assignments specify the amounts of the various grades of
petroleum products which they are scheduled to receive. The steamship agencies take
these norms which have been established for their particular agency and assign monthly
quotas for individual ships, The ship captains receive copies of their monthly plans
(grafik) and then also t voyage plan (plan prikaz) for each trip. In a similar manner
the various local officials of GlavNefteSbyt receive their requirements.
The volume of lamp kerosene shipments transported between 1945 and 1950 remained static
and if an increase occurred I was not aware of the change, If there had been such an
increase it would be because of an increased demand elsewhere than in the Gatpian Sea
region, In Astrakhan a person could go into a store and easily buy kerosene, yet 50
kilometers outside of the city this product was scarce. The price of kerosene in
Astrakhan was one ruble ten kopeks per liter,
50 The only semi-finished products shipped were semi-crude from Tuymazy and gas oil to
Gurev0 Of all of the petroleum crude shipped through Astrakhan there was none from
Krasnovodsk, although there was a small enema shipped before World War II. There
were also some shipments of semi-crude from Baku to UhlaiachMili4.
Aviation and turbine oils received the highest priorities and both were highly prized
by operating personnel and used very conservatively. Shipment of oil was usually made
by the numbered barges of Reydtanker. In desoribinglItisinoil the Soviets seldom use
disolnoe maslo, but rather frequently use motornie maslo for 'Certain Diesel oils, The
shipments of Diesel oil increased about 20% from 1945 to 1950,
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