SOCAR Ships 90,000 Tons of Oil to Belarus

Tuesday, 16th February 2021
by Fatma Ahmed

The Deputy Head of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company SOCAR, Ibrahim Ahmadov, said that the company has shipped a batch of 90,000 tons of Azerbaijani oil to Belarus in February, Neftegaz.RU reported quoting local media.

Ahmadov said that SOCAR Trading signed an agreement with Belarus to send about 1 million tons of oil during 2021.
According to Neftegaz.RU, SOCAR shipped about 1 million tons of oil to Belneftekhim in 2020, of which 720,000 tons is Azerbaijani oil.

It is worth noting that Azerbaijan and Belarus had signed contract for transporting 4 million tons of oil. Yet, the actual volume of delivered oil is about 900,000 tons.

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Fatma Ahmed is a staff writer with six years’ experience in Journalism. She is working in the field of oil and gas for four years. She also worked in the field of economic journalism for 2 years. Fatma has a Bachelor Degree in Mass Communication.