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Turkmen plants refine over 4.8m tons of hydrocarbons this year

10 October 2012 15:43 (UTC+04:00)
Turkmen plants refine over 4.8m tons of hydrocarbons this year

Turkmen refineries have processed 4.878.700 million tons of hydrocarbon raw materials since the beginning of the year, increasing the production volume of different varieties of oil production, a source at the oil and gas industry ministry said on Wednesday.

Gasoline production has increased by 106.5 per cent, kerosene production by 107.4 per cent and diesel fuel 103.8 per cent, the source said.

High results have also been achieved in the production of propylene, liquid gas and lubricating oil.

The national program of oil and gas industry development which is designed to increase oil product volume and growth of its quality due to processing of hydrocarbon raw materials is being implemented in the country until 2030.

Turkmenistan is planning to raise its oil processing capacity to 15 million tons of oil a year, to 20 million tons in 2020, to 22 million tons in 2025 and to 30 million tons in 2030.

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