OREANDA-NEWS. October 7, 2009. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) increased oil refining by 8.9% this September and compared to December 2008 the decline made up 9.1%.

SOCAR reports that it was refined 547,360 tons of oil in September versus 502,230 tons in August, 517,810 tons in July, 496,650 tons in June, 474,220 tons in May, 511,690 tons in April, 475,500 tons in March, 444,380 tons in February, 580,750 tons in January 2009 and 601,960 in December 2008.

For Jan-Sept 2009 refining totaled 4.55 million tons. The target on production of petroleum products for 2009 (6.21 million tons) was implemented by 73.3% for Jan-Sept 2009.

Last year oil refining reached 7.347 million tons of oil, and the Jan-Sept 2009 indicator makes 61.9% of this volume.

In September it was produced 110,410 tons of motor petrol (versus

117,860 tons in August, 109,350 tons in July, 100,810 tons in June, 102,770 tons in May, 88,950 in April, 98,070 in March, 80,890 tons in February and 106,750 tons in January of 2009), 18,020 tons of  once-run petrol (versus 19,370 tons, 22,320 tons, 23,160 tons, 19,680 tons, 11,260 tons, 19,560 tons, 19,740 tons and 19,480 tons respectively), 203,810 tons of diesel fuel (versus 192,750 tons, 198,870 tons, 19,480 tons, 173,520 tons, 197,660 tons, 155,010 tons, 155,610 tons and 191,510 tons), 19,810 tons of furnace fuel (versus 24,580 tons, 13,140 tons, 7,090 tons, 9,800 tons, 35,410 tons, 4,630 tons, 25,880 tons and 92,060 tons).

For the last 9 months it was produced 915,860 tons of motor petrol, 172,590 tons of once-run petrol, 1.649 million tons of diesel fuel, 232,390 tons of furnace fuel.

This September it was manufactured 400 tons of kerosene and 24,130 tons of bitumen. Their production for Jan-Sept 2009 reached 6,520 tons and 184,060 tons respectively.