Azerbaijan cuts oil export through Novorossiysk and Ceyhan ports

SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operations Department has exported 159,425 tons of crude oil through Novorossiysk port (Black Sea, Russia), 161,449 tons – through Supsa (Black Sea, Georgia) and 1,847,706 tons – through Ceyhan port (Mediterranean Sea, Turkey) in April, 2012, down relevantly 2.8%, 2.5 times and 2.8%, compared with a previous month.

Totally, 656,313 tons of crude oil were exported through Novorossiysk port, 1,050,042 tons – through Supsa and 7,016,730 tons – through Jeyhan during January-April, 2012. Crude oil export through Novorossiysk and Jeyhan decreased by 7.7% and 10.5%, through Supsa 0 increased by 11.4%, compared to a year earlier.


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