Azerbaijan, Baku, July 8 / Trend /
Total volume of oil processing at Azerbaijani oil refineries entering SOCAR (the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) hit 3 million tons in the first six months compared to 3.6 million tons in the similar period of 2008, SOCAR said.
Oil products are produced at two Baku refineries with capacity of 20 million tons of oil per year. Two refineries enter SOCAR annually processing 7 million tons of oil extracted onshore and offshore owing to own funds.
Processing of oil and production of oil products in Azerbaijan in January-June 2009:
|
January-June 2009 (thousands tons) |
January-June 2008 (thousands tons) |
|
|
Fact |
Fact |
|
|
Oil processing - total |
2983.19 |
3621.69 |
|
Petroleum - total |
691.12 |
736.81 |
|
- motor petrol |
578.24 |
598.37 |
|
- naphtha for chemistry |
112.88 |
138.44 |
|
Kerosene KO-20 - total |
6.44 |
28.54 |
|
Diesel oil - total |
1054.14 |
1123.37 |
|
Kiln residuum - total |
174.86 |
659.33 |
|
Lubricants |
13.32 |
25.89 |
|
Petrol DT - total |
76.30 |
58.35 |