BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 19. Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR has refined around 1.6 million tons of oil in the first quarter of 2022, or 9.7 percent more as compared to the same period in 2021, Trend reports with reference to the company.
Moreover, during the reporting period the company has refined nearly 948 million cubic meters of natural gas.
Around 561,000 tons of oil, petrochemical and gas-chemical products produced at SOCAR facilities in Azerbaijan were exported abroad in the first quarter of 2022.
Natural gas consumption in Azerbaijan rose by 9.3 percent year-on-year and stood at around 4.8 billion cubic meters. Gas consumption was supported by the sharp increase in production of carbamide and methanol, as well as the rise of gas supply in the country to 96.3 percent.
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