France using Russian naphta products for her navy according to the Dutch newspaper Het Vaderland dated 27 March 1925

An item dated Berlin 7 March reported that France and a Russian naphta syndicate signed an agreement for delivering naphta to the French navy. The edition of day earlier mentioned the delivery of 83.500 tons of petroleum residue. Another Dutch newspaper De tribune dated 22 January referred to the Ekonomitshiskaya which reported that the contract for delivering 60.000 tons of naphta products by a naphta syndicate implied the coming back of the Soviet Union on the foreign markets. This magazine also thought that a shipping line between the Soviet Union and France bore for both countries a mutual benefit. Naphta was also delivered to the Italian navy. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 16 February published an item dated Moscow 16 February reporting that despite the concurrency of the Kon. Shell the Russian naphta syndicate signed a contract with the Italian navy for delivering 2.000 tons of lubricating oil. In 1929 ordered the French navy again. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 28 August reported a new contract for mineral oil consisting of 9.000 tons of petrol and 83.000 tons of fuel oil.