BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 30
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
STAR Refinery of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR exported 358,789 tons of diesel in May 2020, as compared to 89,983 tons of diesel and 40,107 tons of fuel oil in the same period last year, Trend reports citing Turkey’s Energy Markets Regulatory Authority (EPDK).
The EPDK report shows that STAR Refinery produced diesel and jet fuel totaling 566,749 tons and 2,524 tons, respectively ion May 2020, as compared to 197,025 tons of diesel, 65,736 tons of high sulfur fuel oil and 85,029 tons of jet fuel in May 2019.
The refinery imported 792,108 tons of crude oil in May 2020, versus 630,648 tons in the same period of 2019, according to the report.
Star refinery replaced jet fuel production with diesel output, as the demand for jet fuel dropped globally amid COVID-19. It resumed production of jet fuel in small volumes in July.
The opening ceremony of the Star oil refinery took place on October 19, 2018 in Izmir, Turkey. Its refining capacity is 10 million tons of crude oil per year.
STAR Refinery, which has the most modern technology, is able to refine more than 100 types of oil
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