Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 14 / Trend , E.Ismayilov/
In January-September 2009, the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk shipped about 33.6 million tons of oil, compared to 32.3 million tons in the same period of 2008, the port's official Web site reported.
Around 10 million tons of oil products were shipped in January-September 2009, compared to around 8 million tons of last year.
Over 65.2 million tons of various cargo was transported in January-September, compared to over 60.3 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-September 2009, SOCAR exported around 1.86 million tons of oil via the north pipeline Baku-Novorossiysk. Roughly 140,000 tons of oil was exported via the pipeline in September.
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-September 2009 |
January- September 2008 |
Difference |
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|
Ths tons |
Ths tons |
percent |
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|
Total cargo turnover |
65 218.8 |
60 335.8 |
4 883 |
8.1 |
|
Bulked cargo (total) |
44 111.7 |
41 040.2 |
3 071.5 |
7.5 |
|
Crude oil |
33 567.6 |
32 260.5 |
1 307.1 |
4.1 |
|
Oil-related products |
9 889.4 |
7 951.6 |
1 937.8 |
24.4 |
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