Saturday, May 25, 2013
BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Production at state-run Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Co., or Orpic, fell 19% to 16.63 million barrels in the first quarter of 2013, from 20.55 million barrels a year earlier, Oman News Agency reported Saturday, citing official data.
Orpic's output of premium gasoline dropped 17% on the year to 4.16 million barrels, the news agency said, quoting a report by the country's National Center for Statistics and Information. Diesel production plunged 24% to 3.19 million barrels, from 4.18 million barrels a year earlier.
Orpic also witnessed a sharp decline in its output of other products such as fuel oil, regular gasoline, jet fuel, liquefied gas, naphtha, and propylene, according to the report.
News agency website: http://www.omannews.gov.om
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