Azerbaijan, Baku, June 6 / Trend /
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR) Marketing and Economic Operation Department (MEOD) exported over 930,000 tons of oil related products in January-May 2009, compared to 1 million tons in the same period in 2008.
The MEOD exported 171,000 tons of oil products in May.
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 7 million tons of oil per day from offshore and onshore fields.
Oil processing and oil products manufacturing in Azerbaijan:
Total oil products |
January-May 2008 |
January-May 2009 |
Diesel fuel |
563.3 |
625.4 |
Mazut |
173.4 |
32 |
Automobile Petrol |
156.1 |
99.5 |
Aviation kerosene |
113.6 |
173.2 |
Lubricants |
0 |
0 |
Bitumen |
0 |
0 |