Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend S.Aliyev / In September the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) intends to ship an oil consignment from Novorossiysk port in volume of 600.000 barrels (83,000 tons) against 1.2mln barrels in August. In January to June, the SOCAR exported 580,746 tons of oil via Baku-Novorossiysk oil pipeline. In 2006 the SOCAR shipped 1.172mln tons of oil via this route.
In 2007 oil cargoes from Novorossiysk have been purchased by the following companies:
Glencore Energy UK Ltd - February (450,000 barrels);
REOC Ltd - March (450,000 barrels);
Glencore Energy UK Ltd - April (450,000 barrels).
Sunoil SA - May (450,000 barrels).
Oil Refineries LTD - June (1.2mln barrels).
Oil Refineries LTD - July (1.2mln barrels).
Glencore - August (1.2mln barrels).