MUSCAT: The production at refineries and petroleum industries in the Sultanate increased by 15.6 per cent at the end of April 2017 compared to the production recorded during the same period in 2016, as the production of auto fuel increased by 19.2 per cent.
The statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) indicated that the refineries increased the production of regular gasoline 91 to 62 per cent to reach 3,062,000 barrels at the end of
April, as it sales increased by 36 per cent to touch 2,429,000 barrels.
The gasoline 95 production declined by 16 per cent to reach 5.73 million barrels, as its sales fell by 16 per cent to reach 5.88 million barrels.
The production of diesel increased by 17 per cent to reach 7.79 million barrels, but its sales declined by 4 per cent to reach 5.46 million barrels.
Jet fuel production increased by 33 per cent to reach 1.85 million barrels, an increase as well in sales by 4 per cent to reach 1.56 million barrels, and its exports also increased by 100 per cent to reach 335,000 barrels.
The Sultanate’s production of the liquefied petroleum gas till last April reached 1.46 million barrels with a 139-per cent increase and an increase in sales as well by 8 per cent to reach 764,400 barrels, as well as its exports increased by 200 per cent to reach 632,000 barrels.
Gasoline production declined by 27 per cent to reach 57,000 metric tonnes and exports also fell by 23 per cent to reach 58,000 metric tonnes. Paraxylene production declined by 34 per cent to stand at 161,000 metric tonnes.
The export of paraxylene also registered a fall by 26 per cent to reach 167,000 metric tonnes.
Polypropylene production reached 82,000 metric tonnes, a remarkable increase by 547 per cent,
while exports increased by 105 per cent to reach 72,000 metric tonnes. — ONA
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