Azerbaijan, Baku, August 10 / Trend /
In January-July, marketing and economic operations unit of SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) exported more than 1.2 million tons of oil products from oil refineries compared to 1.36 million tons during the same period of 2008.
In July the unit exported about 155,000 tons of oil products.
Oil products are manufactured in Azerbaijan at two Baku refineries with total capacity of 20 million tons of oil annually. Both refineries are part of SOCAR, which annually processes more than six million tons of oil produced on offshore and onshore fields.
Oil products |
January-July 2008, thous. t. |
January-July 2009, thous. t. |
Diesel fuel |
726,583 |
859,088 |
Black oil |
276,781 |
33,012 |
Gasoline |
212,087 |
140,227 |
Aviation kerosene |
142,933 |
212,282 |
Lubricating oil |
0 |
0 |
Bitumen |
0 |
0 |