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Azerbaijan increases oil production on 30, 7% in January March

Oil&Gas Materials 14 April 2006 18:39 (UTC +04:00)

Baku oil producing factory named after Heydar Aliyev and Azerneftyag, which are parts of the State Oil Company (SOCAR), have produced 1m 933.700 tons of different oil-products this year which is on 30, 7% more than in the similar period of the previous year.

The production of motor gasoline has grown on 11%, kerosene -26, 4%, diesel fuel- 32, 1%, black oil- 30, 3% and naphtha -49, 5% , the State Statistics committee told Trend. Production of lubricants has also been increased on 56, 93% and oil bitumen on 25, 7% this March, these products have been scarce in production previous months.

Oil products production in Azerbaijan in January- March 2006:

Thousand tons

2006 January-

March

By January-March 2005 in %

Warehouse

stocks 01.04.06

Motor gasoline

165,7

111,0

40,3

Kerosene

199,6

126,4

14,0

Black oil

897,2

130,3

60,9

Diesel fuel

532,8

132,1

65,1

Oil bitumen

13,2

125,7

1,0

Oil coke

Lubricants

11,3

156,9

15,8

Naphtha

113,9

149,5

0,6

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