From January to March 2014 State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has delivered to the foreign markets 312,736 tons of oil products. Oil products export declined by 8.1% or by 23,472 tons against the same period last year, reads the information released by SOCAR.
In 2013 SOCAR has exported about 1.04 million tons of oil products from its own oil refineries against over 1.24 million tons in 2012.
Table of oil products exported by SOCAR (in tons):
Types of oil products |
Quarter 1, 2014 |
Quarter 1, 2013 |
Diesel fuel |
242 962 |
250 327 |
Automobile petrol |
383 |
4 470 |
Aviation kerosene |
34 943 |
34 168 |
Vacuum gasoil |
34 448 |
0 |
Heating oil |
0 |
299 |
Total |
312 736 |
289 264 |
In 2014 the volume of petrol consumption equalized with the production volume and petrol export was reduced to minimum. AI-92 petrol was delivered only to Georgia.