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Azerbaijan increases production of oil products by 4%

21 June 2011 13:34 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Nijat Mustafayev â€“ APA-Economics. Azerbaijan increased the production of oil products by 4.4%, during January-May, 2011.

According to State Statistical Committee, 488,000 tons of gasoline, 249,500 tons of kerosene, 1,010,600 tons of diesel fuel, 35,100 tons of lubricating oil, 88,900 tons of oil bitumen, 106,100 tons of petrol for oil-chemistry have been produced during the same period.

AZN 50 mln-finished products were in oil processing enterprisesâ€™ storehouses, up 6.6% from year earlier.

Note that, as of June 1, 2011, 258,900 tons of oil fuel, 18,800 tons of gasoline, 16,800 tons of diesel fuel, 2,500 tons of liquid gas, 2,000 tons of lubricating oil, 7.500 tons of coal have been sent to the main consumers.