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SOCAR’s terminal starts naphtha transshipment in Georgia

Economy Materials 21 January 2016 15:25 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 21

By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:

The Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR's Black Sea oil terminal in Georgia's Kulevi began to transship naphtha for the first time, according to a message on the terminal's website.

"The first batch of naphtha was taken from railway tanks, poured into the tanks with the help of a pumping station №90 and successfully loaded into the tanker "RIROIL 2" without loss of time, quality and quantity," said the message.

The terminal in Georgia's Kulevi was commissioned in May 2008. The total capacity of the terminal is 10 million tons of bulk-oil cargo per year.

The total capacity of the terminal's tank farm is 320,000 cubic meters with the possibility of reaching 380,000 cubic meters.

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