Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 8
By Ali Mustafayev – Trend:
Kazakhstan’s oil refineries produced 3 million tons of gasoline in 2017, which exceeds the production volume of 2016 by 4 percent.
The output of diesel fuel, in turn, decreased by 6 percent, to 4 million tons, Energy Prom reported.
Prices on gasoline in Kazakh market has increased by 17-21 percent in 2017. Price on summer diesel fuel increased by 22 percent, on winter fuel - by 27 percent.
Production of oil refined products in Kazakhstan amounted to 709.6 billion tenge in value terms (14.2 percent more year over year).
The country’s Atyrau region leads in production of oil products (59.3 percent from the total production volume of the country), Pavlodar region ranks second (12 percent from the total production volume) and the South Kazakhstan region ranks third (11.2 percent from the total production volume).
Since January 1, 2018, all three of Kazakhstan's refineries have switched to diesel fuel production of K4 and K5 (analogues of Euro-4, Euro-5) ecological classes.
According to the forecasts of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, the country will need an increase of import of oil products. By this time the country plans to build the fourth oil refinery (presently there are only three oil refineries in Kazakhstan).
Preparation of a feasibility study for a new refinery is scheduled for 2018, in 2019 Kazakhstan plans to attract investors and start construction.
