Tuapse oil terminal


Tuapse Oil Terminal is an oil import-export terminal located offshore from the port of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is one of the biggest oil terminals on the Black Sea and serves as a hub for crude oil deliveries to places beyond. The terminal, which commenced operations in 2005, belongs to the Russian oil giant Rosneft.
The overall capacity of the import-export terminal is approximately of oil but capacity will be increased to by 2015. Tanker loading capacity is suitable for Aframax tankers up to. The terminal serves the nearby Tuapse Refinery, also owned by Rosneft.
The construction of the terminal started in 2003 and was completed by 2005 at a cost of US$120 million.
2013 saw commissioning of a deep-water terminal capable of receiving 250 m-long-vessels with a 15 m draft and able to process 7 million tons of oil products annually.
As part of the Russo-Ukrainian War the Tuapse oil terminal was attacked by drones on 2 November 2025. The oil-loading infrastructure and an oil tanker caught fire and the tanker's crew was evacuated.