DUSHANE, October 13, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- Over the first nine months of this year, Tajikistan’s oil refineries have produced 19,300 tons of oil products, according to the Ministry of Energy and Industries (MoEI).

A totaled included some 780 tons of gasoline, 370 tons of diesel fuel, 1,500 tons of bitumen and more than 8,300 of fuel oil, an official source at a MoEI told Asia-Plus in an interview.

Eight oil refineries now operate in Tajikistan: Shohon Limited Liability Company; Salosa Limited Liability Company; Jaloli Limilited Liability Company; Nafti Temourmalik Limited Liability Company; TIENG-MA Limited Liability Company; DON-FAN Limited Liability Company; Abadi Limited Liability Company; and Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) Hasan & Co.

Besides, two other oil refineries are currently being constructed in the Shahrinav district (central Tajikistan) and the northern Sughd province.

According to the statistical data from the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, 245,500 tons of oil products, with 44 percent of them being gasoline (109,400 tons), have been imported into Tajikistan over the first eight months of this year, which is 66,600 tons fewer than in the same period last year.

Experts say Tajikistan’s annual requirements in oil products are now more than 600,000 tons.

Russia now accounts for 62.7 percent of Tajikistan’s fuel imports, which is 20 percent lower than last year.  Meanwhile, a share of Turkmenistan in Tajikistan’s fuel imports has increased – from 11 percent in 2011 to 19.8 percent.