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Oil bitumen production ups more than 25 percent

Oil&Gas Materials 16 June 2009 13:45 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, June 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 refined about 2 mllion tons of oil, compared to 2.6 milion tons of the previous year.

According to the State Statistics Committee, production of oil bitumen grew by 28.4 percent in January-May 2009. Production of other oil products dropped.

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

Thousand of tons

January-May 2009

January-May 2008 (%)

Automobile Petrol

477.3

98.2

Kerosene

270.3

85.3

Fuel Oil

177.3

28.2

Diesel Fuel

937.5

96.6

Oil Bitumen

86.3

128.4

Lubricant

10

45.7

Naphtha

105.1

85.6

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