OREANDA-NEWS. March 24, 2010. Saratov Oil Refinery processed 1,058,000 tons of oil during January and February of 2010 which represents a growth of almost 9% on the same period of 2009. Light oil product yield totaled 43.03%, decreasing by 0.96% as compared to January — February 2009. The main reason for this decrease was the higher demand for winter diesel due to low temperatures in the early months of winter.

The overall refining yield during January-February represented 67.2%.