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Antimonopoly Committee finds no violations in purchasing SOCAR fuel by Ukraine

26 August 2016 [16:26] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Amina Nazarli

Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine dismissed the complaint of Wog Aerojet, dissenting with the victory of SOCAR Trading House Energy Ukraine ( "daughter" of the Azerbaijani state company SOCAR) in the tender for the supply of diesel fuel for Ukrainian Railways -- Ukrzaliznytsia.

Wog Aerojet arguments were refuted by materials provided by Ukrainian Railways.

Antimonopoly Committee of the country has not found violations in the order of diesel fuel procurement procedure. However, Wog Aerojet is able to appeal the decision in court.

Meanwhile, in spite of the Wog Aerojet’s complaint SOCAR has completed the delivery of diesel fuel to "Ukrainian Railways" in the amount of 14.100 tons.

Earlier, Ukrzaliznytsia reported that one of the bidders of the tender WOG Aero Jet ,which price was 15.3 percent higher challenged the results.

SOCAR Ukraine won a tender held by Center for Provision of Production of Ukrzaliznytsia to supply diesel fuel. Following the tender, SOCAR Energy Ukraine and Ukrzaliznytsia signed an agreement on the supply of diesel fuel with a total volume of 14,087 tons worth over $10 million.

In Ukraine, SOCAR is represented by SOCAR Energy Ukraine, running a network of 58 refueling stations. The main activity of SOCAR Energy Ukraine is to improve the network of petrol filling stations and organize wholesale of petrol and oil products in the territory of Ukraine.

The company continues to steadily develop its filling stations network both in the capital of Ukraine and other regions. The filling stations are operating under the SOCAR brand in the Kyiv, Odessa, Lviv, Nikolaevsk, Rovensk, Cherkasy, Khmelnytsky and Poltava regions of Ukraine.

In January-July 2016, SOCAR exported 415,980 tons of diesel fuel as compared to the figure of 528,230 tons in the same period of 2015. The company has so far invested over $200 million in the development of business in Ukraine.

SOCAR is involved in exploring oil and gas fields, producing, processing, and transporting oil, gas, and gas condensate, marketing petroleum and petrochemical products in domestic and international markets, as well as, supplying natural gas to industry and the public in Azerbaijan.

The company has representative offices in Georgia, Turkey, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Great Britain, Iran, Germany and Ukraine, as well as trading companies in Switzerland, Singapore, Vietnam, Nigeria, and other countries.

SOCAR owns petrol stations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Romania and Switzerland. The representation in Ukraine was opened in 2008. 

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