Azerbaijan, Baku, May 7 / Trend, E.Ismayilov /
Work on creating the necessary infrastructure at the Kulevi oil terminal of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) as part of the project relating to chemical products transhipment through the terminal will be completed in May-June, a source in SOCAR told Trend on Monday. "The work is in the final stage," the source said.
As a SOCAR senior official said earlier, the State Oil Company plans to begin handling of chemical products in spring.
Liquid polyethylene and propylene produced by Azerkimya, which is Azerbaijan's major chemical products manufacturer are considered as raw materials for transhipment.
Currently, this enterprise's products are transported through other Georgian ports.
The Kulevi terminal was put into operation in summer 2008. Its total capacity is 10 million tons of oil per year, including three million tons of oil, three million tons of diesel fuel and four million tons of fuel oil.
The terminal can accommodate up to 168 tank cars. The tank farm's total volume is 320,000 cubic meters with the possibility of increasing to 380,000 cubic meters. The port has two berths to load petroleum products in tankers of up to 100,000 tons.
Loading productivity ranges from 1,000 to 8,000 cubic meters per hour. The railway station which can simultaneously accommodate up to 180 wagons awaiting discharge of cargo serves the port. The railway trestle can simultaneously unload 168 wagons.