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Azerbaijan reduces gasoline production

Oil&Gas Materials 18 July 2015 13:30 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, July 18

By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:

Azerbaijan produced 1.48 million metric tons of diesel fuel in Jan.-June 2015, or 21.7 percent more than in the same period of 2014, the country's State Statistical Committee said in its report on H1 of 2015.

Currently, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is modernizing its processing facilities, as the fuel consumption has increased in the country.

Almost 3.1 million metric tons of petroleum products was produced in Azerbaijan in Jan.-June 2015, compared to over 2.2 million metric tons in H1 of 2014.

Below is the summary table of petroleum products' output in Azerbaijan:

Petroleum products

Jan.-June 2015 (in metric tons)

Compared to Jan.-June 2014 (%)

Motor gasoline

564.7

99

Naphtha

98.4

127.1

Kerosene

319.4

100.5

Diesel fuel

1475.2

121.7

Gasoil

477.5

2.8 times

Fuel oil

45.6

34.9

Lubricants

10.2

48.3

Oil bitumen

69.2

56.2

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