The Baku Oil Refineries, parts of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), former Azerneftyanacag and Azerneftyag, produced 1,281 million tons of various oil products during January-February 2006, which is 35.4% more of the same period of 2005.
As the Azerbaijan State Statistics Committee told Trend, particularly, production of gasoline grew by 20%, kerosene 23.7%, mazut 38.5% and naphta 18.7%, while drop was observed in the production of lubricating oil 11.3% and oil bitumen 2.2% in January-February 2006 as compared to the same period of the last year.
Oil products manufacturing in Azerbaijan in January-February 2006 year:
|
Thousand tons |
January-February 2006 |
January-February 2005 РІ % |
Stock 01.03.06 |
|
Gasoline |
111,8 |
120,0 |
51,6 |
|
РљРµrosene |
126,5 |
123,7 |
18,7 |
|
Fuel mazut |
631,2 |
138,5 |
54,8 |
|
Diesel fuel |
339,5 |
136,2 |
46,3 |
|
Oil bitumen |
4,2 |
77,8 |
1,5 |
|
Oil coke |
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|
Lubricating oils |
5,5 |
88,7 |
13,7 |
|
Naphta |
62,3 |
118,7 |
0,4 |