10 Mar 2010 13:07

Moscow Oil Refinery boosts production by almost 7% in Feb

MOSCOW. March 10 (Interfax) - Moscow Oil Refinery increasing output by 6.6% year-on-year to 810,470 tonnes of oil, the facility said in a statement.

The refinery's processing depth came to 64.5% last month.

Light petroleum products accounted for 57.9% of the refinery's output, including gasoline - 25.3% (high octane - 21.45%, fuel for TC-1 engines - 5.65%), diesel fuel - 26.9%, bitumen oil - 4.5% and heating fuel - 27.77%.

Moscow Oil Refinery provides over 50% of the petroleum production for the Moscow market. In 2008, the plant's total refining came to 9.8 million tonnes of oil.