Azernews.Az

Thursday March 28 2024

Fuel produced in Azerbaijan to meet Euro-3 standard by late 2014

24 December 2013 16:54 (UTC+04:00)
Fuel produced in Azerbaijan to meet Euro-3 standard by late 2014

By Nigar Orujova

The quality of the fuel produced in Azerbaijan will be brought up to Euro-3 standard by late 2014, director of the Azerbaijan Standardization and Certification Institute Sabig Abdullayev told a local media.

"We are negotiating with SOCAR [Azerbaijani State oil Company], which is continuously working on petrol quality," he said on December 24.

"Moreover, we signed a cooperation agreement as part of the collaboration with SOCAR. National standards will be introduced accordingly. They will be applied to the design, construction and operation of a new refinery. This proposal is designed for the next six years. We expect 2,000 standards to be introduced in various areas as a result of this cooperation," Abdullayev said.

He noted that the Cabinet of Ministers' draft decision on the application of the new standard is ready and the public will be informed of the decision coming into force.

Each transition to the next Euro standard requires approximately $1 billion.

Moreover, cars imported to Azerbaijan starting next year will be checked for engines matching Euro 3 standard. Only cars with engines matching this standard will be imported into the country, according to SOCAR.

SOCAR has been taking steps to improve the quality of its fuel since 2004 under the program, which consists of several stages. Currently, gasoline produced in the country meets Euro 2 standards.

Currently, the Euro-3 standard applies to vehicles and their spare parts in Azerbaijan, as well as to the fuel produced in the country.

The diesel fuel produced by SOCAR already meets the Euro-3 standard. Further improvement of the quality to Euro-4 and Euro-5 gasoline standards will become possible after commissioning of a new oil and gas processing petrochemical complex by SOCAR, which is planned to be constructed in the Garadagh district of Baku, and commissioned by late 2020.

Loading...
Latest See more