Turkey's total oil imports decreased by 18.4% to 3.43 million tonnes in October this year compared to the same month last year, according to data of Turkey's energy watchdog on Wednesday.
Crude oil imports, the category with the highest oil import volume, reduced by 22.5% during that period to 2.3 million tonnes, Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) said in its monthly oil market report.
In October 2020, Turkey imported the highest amount of crude from Iraq at 929,798 tonnes tonnes. Norway and Russia followed with 456,634 tonnes and 30,744 tonnes, respectively. The falling crude oil purchases during this period resulted in lower total oil product imports.
Oil refinery product output decreased by 9.8% to 2.9 million tonnes this October. While diesel production was up 0.6% to 1.4 million tonnes, gasoline production decreased by nearly 8.8% to 420,594 tonnes.
Total domestic oil product sales in October increased by 0.8% to 2.7 million tonnes compared to the same month of 2019.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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