Baku, Azerbaijan, April 19
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
Some 1.13 million tons of petroleum products were produced in January-March 2018 in Azerbaijan against 1.23 million tons produced in the same period of 2017, the report of the State statistics Committee said.
Currently, with the increase in fuel consumption in Azerbaijan, SOCAR state company, the country's only manufacturer of petroleum products - works on modernization of existing processing facilities.
In 2017, 4.65 million tons of oil products were produced in Azerbaijan as compared to 5.17 million tons in 2016.
Summary table of oil products output in Azerbaijan
|
Production of petroleum products |
In January-March 2018 (thousand tons) |
Compared to January-March 2017 (%) |
|
Motor gasoline |
307,6 |
100,4 |
|
Naphtha |
57,6 |
110,6 |
|
Kerosene |
140,5 |
94,5 |
|
Diesel fuel |
477,8 |
106,4 |
|
Masut |
19,7 |
10,1 |
|
Lubricating oils |
5,2 |
140,5 |
|
Petroleum bitumen |
58,8 |
3.4 times |
|
Petroleum coke |
63,6 |
153,3 |