Azerbaijan, Baku, May 8 / Trend /
In January-April 2009, the total volume of oil refining at Azeri oil refineries, which is owned by the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR), was just 2 million tons, compared to 607,000 tons in 2008.
Oil products are manufactured at two oil refining plants in Baku with a total capacity of 20 million tons of oil per year. Both plants are owned by Socar, which manufactures roughly 6 million tons of oil per day from offshore and onshore fields.
Oil processing and oil products manufacturing in Azerbaijan in January-April 2009:
|
January-April 2009 (ths tons) |
January-April 2008 (ths tons) |
|
|
Fact |
Fact |
|
|
Total oil refinery |
2012,32 |
2457,7 |
|
Petrol - total |
444,7 |
465,41 |
|
- automobile petrol |
374,66 |
375,92 |
|
- naphtha for chemistry |
70,04 |
89,49 |
|
Kerosene KO-20 - total |
6,33 |
27,59 |
|
Diesel fuel - total |
699,79 |
736,62 |
|
Stove fuel oil - total |
157,98 |
534,35 |
|
Lubricants |
7,99 |
13,7 |
|
Motor fuel DT - total |
51,61 |
38,64 |