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Bitumen production in Azerbaijan increases

Oil&Gas Materials 16 May 2009 13:31 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 16 / Trend / 

The Baku-based oil refineries, part of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) - the Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery Plant (formerly Azerneftyanacag), and Azerneftyag produced about 1.7 million  tons of oil products. Production of oil products increased by 10.2 percent compared to the same period of last year.

According to the State Statistics Committee, production of petrol grew by 0.5 percent compared to the first three months in 2008 and oil bitumen by 32.6 percent. Production of other types of oil products dropped in this period.

The production of oil products in Azerbaijan in January-April 2009 is as follows:

Ths tons

January to April 2009

January to April 2008, in %

Petrol

374,5

372,8

Kerosene

218

252

Fuel oil

167,3

524

Diesel fuel

751,8

768,8

Oil bitumen

62,3

47

Lubricants

7,9

13,6

Naphta

81,5

96,6

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