KIEV, Sept. 22 - The Russian-British oil company TNK-BP, which pumps Russian crude south through the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline, had shipped 5 million tons of oil by Sept. 16.

Ukraine's payments for the oil exceeded $63 million, TNK-BP Ukraine Ltd.'s media relations office reported. According to president of TNK-BP Ukraine Trading House Ltd. Oleksandr Hrabovsky, TNK-BP is making the maximum effort to step up the efficiency of the oil pipeline and attract as many Russian oil companies as possible.