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Azerbaijani Refineries Increased Production of Lubricants on 2.2 Times

Oil&Gas Materials 14 October 2006 14:42 (UTC +04:00)

The Baku-based Oil Refineries, parts of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery Plant (former Azerneftyanacag) and Azerneftyag, over January-August, 2006, produced 5.535.400 million tons of various oil products, that is on 6.9 percent more versus the corresponding period of 2005.

According to the State Statistics Committee, particularly, in contradistinction with the corresponding period of the last year, in January-September, 2006, the production of gasoline grew by 12 percent, kerosene 2.6 percent, diesel fuel - 7.4 percent. In January-September, 2006, the growth was achieved in the production of lubricants in 2.2 times, and oil bitumen 27.9 percent.

The production of oil products in Azerbaijan in January to August 2006 is given below

Name (ths. tons)

ths. tons)

Jan-Aug., 2006

., 2006

Up to Jan-Sep., 2005 (in

percent)

Stored Reserves (to October, 2006)

Reserves (to October, 2006)

Gasoline

733.1

.1

112

18.3

.3

Kerosene

556.3

.3

102.6

.6

10.5

.5

Fuel

Mazut

azut

2 198.3

.3

99.7

.7

26

Diesel Fuel

1 623.7

.7

107.4

.4

44.3

.3

Oil Bitumen

115.5

.5

127.9

.9

0.7

.7

Oil coke

Lubricants

54.7

.7

2.2 times

.2 times

11

Naphta

253.8

.8

95.8

.8

0.5

.5

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