BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.13
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Kulevi oil terminal of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR began the transshipment of benzene, which is a new product in the transshipment corridor during the first half of 2020, Trend reports citing the terminal’s website.
This is a considerable achievement taking into consideration that the whole region has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 virus, reads a message on the terminal’s website.
The total volume of hydrocarbon transshipments in the first six months of 2020 was 950,000 tons of hydrocarbons and petrochemical products.
More than 57 percent of the transshipped hydrocarbon products within the first half of 2020 originated in Azerbaijan and 43 percent of other oil products producing other countries of the region.
The terminal is used for shipment of crude oil, fuel oil, diesel fuel, gas oil, methanol, aviation fuel, propylene, liquid pyrolysis resin, naphtha, isopropyl alcohol, diesel fuel with ultra-low sulfur content, industrial oil, and condensate.
The terminal in the Kulevi port was put into operation in May 2008, and the transshipment of oil products was launched in June. The total capacity of the terminal is 10 million tons of liquid bulk oil cargo per year, including three million tons of oil, three million tons of diesel fuel, and four million tons of fuel oil. The total capacity of the tank farm of the terminal is 402,000 cubic meters.
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