Azerbaijan, Baku, May 5 / Trend /
In January-April 2010, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) exported 669,100 tons of petroleum products from its own refineries compared to about 759,000 tons in the same period of 2009.
In April SOCAR exported 159,760 tons of petroleum products.
The country produces oil products at the Two Baku refineries with a total capacity of 20 million tons of oil per year. Both refineries belong to SOCAR, which annually processes approximately 7 million tons of oil from the Azerbaijani offshore and onshore fields.
Oil products |
Jan.-April 2010 (thousand tons) |
Jan.-April 2009 (thousand tons ) |
Diesel fuel |
580,8 |
509,8 |
Gasoline |
50,8 |
70,6 |
Aviation kerosene |
37,2 |
147,4 |
Furnace black oil |
0,235 |
31,3 |