Ukraine consumes less petrol, more diesel in H1

Ukrainians buy less petro / Photo from UNIAN

Boiler oil consumption grew by 2.5 times to 367,600 tonnes.

As UNIAN reported earlier, citing data from Ukraine's State Fiscal Service, the country imported fuel worth US$1.295 billion from January to June 2016, down 25.4% year-on-year.

Read alsoKremenchuk oil refinery's workers demand dismissal of Ukrtransnafta’s headsDuring the period under review, Ukraine's Kremenchuk oil refinery produced 158,000 tonnes of A-92 petrol (4.3% decline from the January-June 2015 period), 138,900 tonnes of A-95 petrol (2.5-times increase) and 256,300 tonnes of diesel fuel (11.9 % increase).

It also boosted jet engine fuel output by 38.1% to 77,500 tonnes, while the production of boiler oil declined by 0.7% to 162,200 tonnes.