BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov.26
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
To date, the Black Sea Oil Terminal (Kulevi) of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR has transshipped 25,385,689 tons of oil products since the start of commissioning in May 2008, Ibrahim Ahmadov, deputy head of the public relations and events department at SOCAR told Trend.
He noted that the terminal has transshipped 1,701,000 tons of oil products year-to-date.
Kulevi Oil Terminal and port is one of the first and the most important investments of SOCAR in Georgia. Kulevi Oil Terminal is designated for the transshipment of oil products – discharge from railway tank cars and vessels, storage in the reservoirs and loading to vessels. The company provides a high level of service, and operates in compliance with international market requirements by following all rules and regulations. The operations began on May 16, 2008. The transshipment of oil products was launched in June. The total capacity of the terminal is 10 million tons of liquid bulk oil cargo per year. The total capacity of the tank farm of the terminal is 402,000 cubic meters.
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