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Azerbaijan's output of oil products up in 2018

Oil&Gas Materials 25 January 2019 20:48 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 25

By Taleh Mursagulov - Trend:

Azerbaijan produced 4.76 million tons of oil products in 2018 as compared to 4.65 million tons in 2017, Trend reports referring to Azerbaijan’s State Statistics Committee.

SOCAR, which is the sole producer of oil products in Azerbaijan, is currently modernizing its processing facilities as the fuel consumption has increased in the country.

In total, the production of oil products in 2018 amounted to 3.1 million manats (almost 2.73 million manats in 2017).

Azerbaijan produced 4.65 million tons of oil products in 2017 as compared to 5.17 million tons in 2016.

Azerbaijan’s output of oil products

Oil products

2018 (1,000 tons)

2017 (1,000 tons)

Difference (percent)

Gasoline

1,185.6

1,215.1

97.6

Naphtha

204.6

188.3

108.7

Kerosene

617

587.9

104.9

Diesel fuel

1,956.3

1,895.7

103.2

Fuel oil

106.5

266.3

40

Lubricants

154.7

34.9

4.4 times increase

Oil bitumen

289.5

237.2

122

Oil coke

244

226.7

107.6

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