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Growth of gasoline production in Turkmenistan comprised 101.8 per cent, diesel fuel - 100.5 per cent, kerosene - 100.1 per cent, liquefied gas - 107.3 per cent, lubricants - 106 per cent, masut - 103.6 per cent and polypropylene - 102.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2013, the State Statistics Committee reported.

Earlier, the Ministry of Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan reported that the Turkmenbashi oil refineries complex, which is one of the largest industrial enterprises in the country, refined 6,535 million tons of feedstock.

Also produced were 760 million tons of gasoline and 2.34 million tons of diesel fuel, 44,000 and 52,000 tons more than in the same period of 2011, respectively. Furthermore, the production of propylene, liquefied gas, construction and road bitumen, coke and lubricants also increased.

Turkmenistan is planning to bring its annual oil refining capacity to 15 million tons in 2015, 20 million tons in 2020, 22 million tons in 2025 and 30 million tons in 2030. At this stage, the country produces about 10 million tons of oil per year, a significant part of which is processed at local refineries.