Azerbaijan, Baku, May 20 / Trend , E.Ismayilov/
In January-April 2009, the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk shipped about 14.6 million tons of oil, compared to 14 million tons in the same period of 2008.
Over 4.2 million tons of oil products were shipped in January-April 2009, compared to 3.5 million tons of last year.
A total of 28 million tons of various cargo was transported in January-April, compared to 25.3 million tons of the mentioned period in 2008.
The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR) is shipping own gas via the Novorossiysk port. In January-April 2009, SOCAR exported 834,000 tons of oil via the north pipeline Baku-Novorossiysk. This represents increase of more than 408,000 tons compared to 2008. Roughly 224,000 tons of oil was transported via the pipeline in April.
In 2009, SOCAR is planning to increase oil export via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline to 2.5 million tons, compared to 1.3 million tons in 2008.
The summary table of shipment via the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk:
|
January-April 2009 |
January-April 2008 |
Difference |
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|
Ths tons |
Ths tons |
percent |
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|
Total cargo turnover |
28 251,2 |
25 334,4 |
2 916,8 |
11,5 |
|
Bulked cargo (total) |
18 993,4 |
17 718,6 |
1 274,8 |
7,2 |
|
Crude oil |
14 582,7 |
13 847,4 |
735,4 |
5,3 |
|
Oil-related products |
4 224,2 |
3 530 |
694,2 |
19,7 |
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