Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend S.Aliyev / The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) closed a tender on the sale of its own oil branded Azeri Light from the Turkish Mediterranean Port of Ceyhan. The oil consignment is delivered to the Port via the Baku-Tbilisi Ceyhan Port, a source in SOCAR informed. German trader Select Energy won the tender.
The volume of the oil consignment will reach 1 mln barrels of oil (135,000 tons). The shipment is expected to take place on 15 to 17 April.
The price on crude AZERI LT FOB Ceyhan on 27 March was $62.35 per barrel (up $0.79 per barrel as compared to previous price).
SOCAR oil consignments from Ceyhan Port have been purchased by the following companies in 2007:
Glencore Energy UK Ltd - January (1 mln. barrels);
VILMA OIL S.L - January-February (1 mln barrels);
Select Energy GmbH - February (600.000 barrels);
Select Energy GmbH - February-Mart (1 mln barrels).
Addax BV - March (1mln barrels)
Glencore Energy UK Ltd - March (1mln barrels).
Addax BV- March (1mln barrels).
Sumato Energy Group Ltd - April (1mln barrel);
Select Energy GmbH - April (1mln barrels).