BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.9
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Ukrainian subsidiary of Azerbaijani’s state oil company SOCAR has supplied 10,600 tons of aviation fuel from Belarus and 800 tons from Lithuania to Ukraine in November 2021, Trend reports with reference to Ukrainian media.
Belarus supplied 10,700 tons of aviation fuel to Ukraine as of November 2021, of which 10,600 tons accounted for SOCAR Energy Ukraine and the remaining 100 tons were delivered by BNK Ukraine.
Aviation fuel supplies from Lithuania increased by 58 percent compared to November 2020 and stood at 5,800 tons. Of these, 2,300 tons were supplied to Amic Ukraine, 1,300 tons to Glusko Ukraine, 800 tons to OKKO and SOCAR Energy Ukraine each and 300 tons to Avia Oil.
SOCAR’s representative office opened in Ukraine in 2008. The company acquired about 20 Tala-Nafta filling stations in Odessa and Nikolaev regions. as well as Svitanok large oil depot in Odessa region in 2009.
The company took control of the fuelling networks ONIO (four filling stations in Kyiv and the region) and GFC (in Lviv region) in 2010-2011. SOCAR received permission from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to purchase 26 filling stations and one tank farm of the Kalina group in August 2012
SOCAR's investments in Ukraine as of 2020 stood at $300 million.
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