SOCAR Announces Volume of Sales for Oil Products in Azerbaijan Domestic Market during February

Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend , corr S. Aliyev / In February 2007, the State Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) sold 13,512 tons of petrol against 13,815 tons in January, 25,249 tons of diesel fuel (23,141 tons), 2,847 tons of kerosene (2,485 tons), and 6,906 tons of mazut (4,843 tons), according to an official announcement released by the Marketing and Economic Operations Department of SOCAR.

The largest volume of all types of oil products was sold in Baku - 5,545 tons of petrol, 14,981 tons of diesel fuel, 69,000 tons of kerosene, and 3,081 tons of mazut.

The smallest volume of petrol and diesel fuel was sold in Horadiz (Beylagan) - 15,000 and 2,000 tons respectively. Mazut was not sold at all in several districts of the country in February 2007.

In 2006 a total of 181,581 tons of petrol, 325,655 tons of diesel fuel, 32,821 tons of kerosene and 109,347 tons of mazut were sold in the domestic market.

A summary table of the sale of oil products in Azerbaijan's domestic market is given below: