The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) announced a tender on sale of 170,000 tons of Urals oil from the Novorossiysk port, SOCAR told Trend.
The oil will be shipped by two tankers per 85,000 tons on 24-25 and 30-31 December. One of the lots is profitable, other - regular.
The money from sale of the profitable lot will be transferred to the State Oil Fund.
Purchases of the Azeri oil at tenders from early 2005 are as flowing:
January - LUKOIL (140,000 tons), Vitol (80,000 tons);
February - LUKOIL (160,000 tons), Arcadia (140,000 tons);
March - BP Oil Trading (80,000 tons), Total (140,000 tons);
April - Glencore (160, 000 tons);
May вЂ" RD Shell (80, 000 tons); LUKOIL (85, 000 tons);
June - Mercuria Energy Trading (82, 000 tons);
July - Mercuria Energy Trading (170, 000 tons);
August - Sun Oil (164, 000 tons), Glencore (142, 000 tons);
September вЂ" LUKOIL (79, 000 tons);
October - Mercuria Energy Trading (142, 000 tons), Vitol (85 , 000 tons).
November вЂ" Glencore (85, 000 tons).