Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 14 / Trend E.Ismayilov /
The Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk shipped over 38.4 million tons of oil in January-November 2010, compared to about 40.6 million tons during the same period last year, the port reported.
Over 11.5 million tons of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port oil products were shipped in January- November 2009, compared to about 12 million tons during the same period in 2009.
A total of over 74.56 million tons of various cargo were transported in January- November 2010, compared to 78.8 million tons during the same period last year.
SOCAR transships its own oil, as well as oil of joint ventures and operating companies operating in Azerbaijan's onshore fields, through Novorossiysk. SOCAR exported over 2.07 million tons of oil via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline in January-November 2010 compared to 2.34 million in January- November 2009, the company said. In November, Azerbaijan exported about 294,000 tons of oil via Novorossiysk port compared to about 239,000 million tons in 2009.
In 2009, Azerbaijan pumped 2.5 million tons of oil via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline compared to 1.2 million tons in 2008. In 2007, about 1.2 tons of oil was transported via this pipeline
Table of Novorossiysk Port Shipments:
|
January- November 2010 |
January- November 2009 |
Difference |
||
|
Thousands tons |
Thousands tons |
percent |
||
|
Total cargo turnover |
74 562,7 |
78 802,9 |
-4 240,2 |
-5,4 |
|
Bulked cargo (total) |
50 528,2 |
53 343,5 |
-2 815,4 |
-5,3 |
|
Crude oil |
38 411,5 |
40 586,8 |
-2 175,4 |
-5,4 |
|
Oil-related products |
11 516,8 |
11 993,2 |
-476,4 |
-4 |