In 2001, the company plans to refine 7.1 million tons of crude oil and export 6 million tons through Butinge. Over 90 supply and transport agreements were signed with a broad range of Russian, Kazakhstan and domestic Lithuanian suppliers so far. Expanding the market. The company has signed agreements with a number of Western partners including Shell, Statoil, Neste, Texaco and BP Amoco. Agreements signed with Shell Polska and Preem Polska will increase MN's share of Poland's imported petroleum products market to 25 - 30 percent.
Efforts are underway to increase MN's share of the Estonian and Latvian petroleum markets.
Modernization of the facilities. Many modernization projects have been completed or are in progress. Thirty percent of MN's production now meets current EU product specifications. Operating efficiency at the refinery was greatly enhanced by a recent turnaround conducted in the fall of 2000. This turnaround was completed in record time, which minimized downtime at the refinery.