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Azerbaijan sees 3% rise in production of oil products

17 April 2015 10:46 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Agshin Rafigoglu – APA-Economics. In January-March, 2015, Azerbaijan produced AZN 564.3 mln-products, up 2.7% from previous year.

State Statistical Committee told APA-Economics that gasoline production stood at 300,300 tonnes, down 2.1% from 2014. Consequently, finished products made 64,700 tonnes.

Diesel production rose 25.9% to 796,400 tonnes (finished product – 85,300 tonnes), kerosene production fell 6.6% to 163,400 tonnes (finished product – 41,900 tonnes), oil bitumen production dropped 53.1% to 32,600 tonnes (finished product – 15,900 tonnes), and lubricating oil production declined 73.1% to 2,800 tonnes (finished product – 13,400).

47,700 tonnes of petrol for petro-chemical industry were produced during the same period, up 53.9% by contrast to a year earlier. Finished product made 4,800 tonnes.

Moreover, Azerbaijan produced 200 tonnes of fuel oil (-99.7%). As of April 1, 2015, the finished product stood at 10,900 tonnes.