Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 21 / Trend E. Ismayilov /
SOCAR will transport the first batch of chemical products through its own Kulevi oil terminal in Georgia till Nov. 30, a SOCAR senior representative told Trend on Tuesday.
Chemical products produced by SOCAR's Azerkimya production association will be transported via the terminal.
The representative added that the operations have been already started to load the carriages with the first batch of chemical products (propylene, butane-butylene fraction), which will be shipped via Kulevi terminal for Turkish petrochemical complex Petkim, in which SOCAR also has equity participation.
"The tankers with a capacity ranging from 1,700 to 2,500 tons will operate to transport the chemical products from Kulevi," the representative said. "They will transport the products not only for Petkim but via other directions."
The first batch of chemical products to the amount of 2,500 tons has been already sold and will be shipped from Kulevi until November 30, the representative said.
The monthly volume of chemical product transportation via Kulevi terminal is expected to hit 4,500 tons.
Chemical product transportation through SOCAR's Kulevi oil terminal will be possible thanks to a new propylene transportation complex at the oil terminal in Kulevi. The draft of the new complex was prepared by the Neftgazelmitedgigatlayihe Institute.
The complex includes compressors, transformers, a nitric station and a pier to supply polypropylene. The production at the terminal will be loaded directly from railway tankers into gas carriers.
Kulevi terminal was put into operation in summer 2008. Its total capacity is 10 million tons of oil per year, including 3 million tons of oil, 3 million tons of diesel fuel, and 4 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.