In order to address the increasing demand for oil products and the evolving pattern of the Far Eastern markets, the scope of the Khabarovsk refinery modernization has gradually been expanded to enhance refining capacity, to improve the quality of oil products and to facilitate crude oil supplies to the refinery through the East Siberian Pacific Ocean pipeline (ESPO). Upon completion, the Khabarovsk refining capacity will rise to 100,000 barrels per day (previously planned 90,000 bopd) with improved product yields allowing to significantly improve refining margins.