Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 15
By Emil Ismayilov - Trend:
SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) has commissioned the 40th filling station in Ukraine, SOCAR said Oct. 15.
A new filling was commissioned in Obukhov town, Kiev region.
Fuel purchased in Belarus, Poland and Lithuania is sold at a SOCAR filling station in Ukraine, the report says.
SOCAR is the only oil producer in Azerbaijan (it has two refineries on its balance), and also owns petrol stations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Romania and Switzerland.
In 2013, SOCAR exported from its own refineries around 1.04 million metric tons of oil compared to more than 1.24 million metric tons in 2012. In total Azerbaijan produced 5.09 million metric tons of the main petroleum products last year.