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By Amina Nazarli

Azerbaijan’s state energy giant SOCAR continues to expand its network of filling stations in Romania.

"SOCAR" brand new petrol station was opened on Bucharest-Constanta highway on March 16. It is the 33^rd gas filling station opened by SOCAR in Romania, the company reported.

Currently, the company’s gas filling stations operate in 16 regions of Romania. The variety of oil products includes A-95 and A-98 gasoline, as well as Diesel "Euro-5" standards and Super Diesel are sold in the company’s filling stations.

SOCAR entered the Romanian market by buying local filling stations from Romtranspetrol and re-branding them in 2011. To become one of the most important players in fuel distribution in northeast Romania, SOCAR earlier announced that it will open 100 gas stations here.

The company also a network of gas stations in Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Georgia and Ukraine.

As the only oil producer in Azerbaijan, SOCAR exported 1.23 million tons of oil products in 2015, compared to 1.2 million tons in 2014.

The company has representative offices in Georgia, Turkey, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Britain, Iran, Germany and Ukraine, and trading companies in Switzerland, Singapore, Vietnam, Nigeria, and other countries.

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