Eng Abdullah Khattab general manager of the Syrian company storage and distribution of petroleum products /Mahroukat / said that the total quantity of gasoline and diesel and kerosene sold by the company during the first half of 2008 was by / 4,787 / million tons and / 3,802 / million tons of oils and fats, mineral fuel and asphalt And coke, bringing total sales to / 8,589 / million tons.

He added that the company’s total purchases amounted / 8,845 / million tons / 5,357 / million tons of domestic purchases and / 3,488 / million tons in foreign purchases amounted to gross sales for the same period executing / 102,738 / billion Syrian pounds as the value of procurement / 333,961 / Billion Syrian pounds of / 135,443 / billion Syrian pounds Foreign purchases.
Khattab added that these figures indicate that the value of purchases over sales value by / 231.22 / billion Syrian pounds in order to meet the needs of the domestic market and increasing demand on oil derivatives and other materials, particularly diesel fuel and fuel prices and rising domestic purchases from local refineries and offshore procurement prices for the scheme.
Syria Oil