BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr. 28
By Ilkin Seyfaddini – Trend:
Starting from April 29, the cost of imported RON-92 gasoline at Uzbekneftegaz petrol stations will decrease by 500 soum (four cents) and will amount to 5,500 soums (50 cents), Trend reports citing Uzbekneftegaz press service.
Since March 26, the company has already reduced the price of RON-92 to 6000 soum (60 cents). As reported, the price of petroleum products will continue to decline.
Since April 13, the price of RON-91 gasoline was reduced to 5 600 soum per liter (55 cents).
According to the results of the first quarter of 2020, production of motor gasoline in Uzbekistan increased by 15.5 percent compared to the same period in 2019 to 282,700 tons, diesel fuel - decreased by 4.8 percent to 254,500 tons.
Currently, there are three large oil refineries including Bukhara, Ferghana and Altyarik refineries with a total annual capacity of processing 11.1 million tons are operating in Uzbekistan.
In March 2020, Bukhara Refinery started production of high-quality Euro-4 and Euro-5 class diesel fuel, with an initial capacity of 100,000 tons per year. Installation and commissioning works were carried out with online support of specialists from the French Axens company.
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