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Azerbaijan sees 8% decline in production of oil products

16 March 2015 07:41 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Agshin Rafigoglu – APA-Economics. In January-February, 2015, Azerbaijan produced AZN 389.3 mln-products, down 8.0% from previous year.

State Statistical Committee told APA-Economics that gasoline production stood at 199,400 tonnes, up 0.7% from 2014. Consequently, finished products made 69,100 tonnes.

Diesel production rose 18.3% to 480,900 tonnes (finished product – 105,200 tonnes), kerosene production fell 7.9% to 106,600 tonnes (finished product – 55,800 tonnes), oil bitumen production dropped 53.4% to 19,700 tonnes (finished product – 13,900 tonnes), and lubricating oil production declined 65.8% to 2,600 tonnes (finished product – 14,300).

20,600 tonnes of petrol for petro-chemical industry were produced during the same period, up 36.4% by contrast to a year earlier. Finished product made 9,000 tonnes.

Moreover, Azerbaijan produced 200 tonnes of fuel oil (-99.5%). As of March 1, 2015, the finished product stood at 13,500 tonnes.