Baku, Azerbaijan, June 3
By Emin Aliyev - Trend:
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) exported some 411,430 tonnes of oil products from its own oil refineries in Jan.-May, 2014, versus 495,600 tonnes in the same period of 2013, according to a message from SOCAR.
SOCAR exported around 1.04 million tonnes of petroleum products from its own oil refineries in 2013, versus over 1.24 million tonnes in 2012.
Oil products are produced at two Baku oil refineries with a total capacity of 16 million tonnes of oil per year. Both oil refineries belong to SOCAR, which annually processes approximately seven million tonnes of oil, extracted from onshore and offshore fields with SOCAR's own funds.
The table below shows the exported oil products:
|
Oil products |
Jan.-May, 2014, shown in tonnes |
Jan.-May, 2013, shown in tonnes |
|
Diesel fuel |
297,434 |
426,763 |
|
Motor gasoline |
383 |
7,632 |
|
Aviation kerosene |
43,059 |
61,183 |
|
Vacuum gas-oil |
70,374 |
0 |
|
Furnace oil |
178 |
299 |
The volumes of gasoline production and consumption in Azerbaijan became equal in 2013, that is why the oil exports are minimized.