Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 23
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
SOCAR Petroleum CJSC (operator of a network of filling stations of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR) has started selling AI-98 Super gasoline at seven filling stations in the country, the company told Trend Nov. 23.
This decision is related to the great demand of customers for the AI-98 Super gasoline.
Retail sale of AI-98 Super gasoline in Azerbaijan is carried out only at the filling stations under the SOCAR brand. The cost of one liter of AI-98 Super gasoline, imported from abroad, is 1.5 manats, and its quality corresponds to Euro 5 standards.
Earlier, it was reported that prices for AI-95 Premium and AI-98 Super gasoline brands, which are imported to Azerbaijan from abroad, increased.
The price of one liter of AI-95 Premium gasoline rose to 1.25 manats, the price of AI-98 Super gasoline rose to 1.5 manats.
Previously, the retail prices of these brands of gasoline were 1.15 and 1.30 manats per liter, respectively.
SOCAR Petroleum explained the increase in prices with the growth trends in gasoline prices all over the world, including countries from where luxury brands are imported.
SOCAR is the sole producer of oil products in Azerbaijan with over 400 filling stations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and Switzerland.
(1.7002 manats = 1 USD on Nov. 23)