Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend / The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) have restored the export of mazut, which ceased due to use of this fuel for electricity production. In May export made up 61,563 tons of mazut.
SOCAR announced that from January to May the Marketing and Economic Operations Department of SOCAR's export of oil products from oil refinery plants of Azerbaijan made up 978,609 tons. In May the company exported 283,400 tons of oil products compared to 207,000 tons in April.
In May the company exported 108,048 tons of diesel fuel, 65,000 tons of petrol, 40,900 tons of jet kerosene, 3,190 tons of lubricants and 4,642 tons of bitumen.
The comparative table of export of oil products by SOCAR:
| Oil product | May 2007, per ths ton | January to May 2007, per ths ton |
| Diesel fuel | 108,048 | 570,797 |
| Mazut | 61,563 | 61,563 |
| Petrol | 65 | 141,627 |
| Jet kerosene | 40,9 | 176,589 |
| Naphta | ||
| Lubricants | 3,19 | 12,044 |
| Bitumen | 4,642 | 15,989 |