BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 28. SOCAR’s STAR Refinery in Türkiye significantly increased its diesel fuel output, producing 527,978 tons in June 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from Türkiye’s Energy Market Regulatory
Authority (EPDK) indicates that this adds up to a rise of 209,113
tons, or 65.6 percent, compared with the same period last year when
production came in at 318,865 tons.
Started up in October 2018, STAR Refinery stands out as Türkiye's
biggest real-sector capital investment, bringing together oil
refining processes and the petrochemical sector. By the end of
2024, the facility's annual crude oil throughput capacity had shot
up to 13 million tons, with naphtha output almost completely
meeting the feedstock needs of the Petkim petrochemical
complex.
