Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 16
By Kamala Mammadli - Trend:
The total production of petroleum products in Azerbaijan amounted to 2.1 billion manats in January-August 2019, which is 1.6 percent more than the same period last year, Trend reports referring to a report by Azerbaijan’s State Statistical Committee.
Currently, due to the increase in fuel consumption in Azerbaijan, work on modernizing existing refining capacities is being carried out by Azerbaijan’s state-owned company SOCAR, the country's only manufacturer of petroleum products.
Some 4.76 million tons of oil products were produced in Azerbaijan in 2018, compared to 4.65 million tons produced in 2017.
Below is a table summarizing the amount of oil products produced in Azerbaijan in 2019 and 2018:
Oil products |
January-August 2019 (in thousand tons) |
January-August 2018 (in thousand tons) |
Difference (in %) |
Car gasoline |
818.2 |
807.0 |
101.4 |
Naphtha |
184.6 |
151.4 |
121.9 |
Kerosene |
406.2 |
418.0 |
97.2 |
Diesel fuel |
1,450.2 |
1,361.9 |
106.5 |
Mazut |
76.8 |
50.9 |
150.9 |
Lubricating oils |
13.4 |
58.0 |
15.5 |
Oil bitumen |
163.1 |
192.5 |
84.7 |
Petroleum coke |
168.5 |
173.5 |
97.1 |
($1=1.7 AZN on Sept. 16)
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