SOCAR commissions floating gas station in Ukraine
By Fatma Babayeva
Azerbaijan state owned energy company SOCAR put into operation a floating gas station in Kiev as the navigation season of 2016 began.
The floating gas station will supply yachts, cruisers and boats with fuel, reported Ukrainian media on May 18.
Floating gas station – “Baku-1” bunkering vessel is located on the territory of Primatel yacht club on the Dnieper River.
The second oil-loading bunker vessel of SOCAR in Ukraine- “Ganja” is in the waters of Sauvignon yacht club in Odessa. This station resumed operation in April 2016.
In total, 7 gas stations are functioning on the water in Kiev- 2 WOG, Amic, SOCAR, KLO, MiS and OKKO.
At the present, SOCAR owns 57 gas stations in Ukraine.
SOCAR is involved in exploring oil and gas fields, producing, processing, and transporting oil, gas, and gas condensate, marketing petroleum and petrochemical products in domestic and international markets, as well as, supplying natural gas to industry and the public in Azerbaijan.
Three production divisions, one oil refinery and one gas processing plant, a deep water platform fabrication yard, two trusts, one institution, and 23 subdivisions are operating as corporate entities under SOCAR.
The company has representative offices in Georgia, Turkey, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Great Britain, Iran, Germany and Ukraine, as well as, trading companies in Switzerland, Singapore, Vietnam, Nigeria, and other countries.
SOCAR owns petrol stations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Romania and Switzerland.
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