SOCAR's STAR oil refinery to supply jet fuel for Istanbul Airport

Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS

09/01/2025 14:04

LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan SOCAR's STAR oil
refinery will supply 700,000 metric tons (about 15,000 barrels
per day) of jet fuel per annum to Istanbul Airport for three
years starting from 2025, Socar Turkey said in a LinkedIn post.
    SOCAR's deal is part of a wider 4.8 million ton per annum
(around 104,000 bpd) jet tender by Turkish Fuel Services (TFS),
the airport's supplier, according to a source familiar with the
deal. 
    Turkish private refiner Tupras won that tender in October
and will supply 1.8 million tons (39,000 bpd) per annum, the
company announced.
    The STAR refinery has a capacity to process 200,000 bpd of
crude.
    It produced 1.26 million tons (27,000 bpd) of jet fuel in
2023, up from 979,000 tons (21,000 bpd) in 2022, according to
the most recent data available from Turkey's energy regulator.
    Russia was Turkey's top jet fuel supplier last year,
accounting for 22,000 bpd of 28,000 bpd imported, according to
data analytics provider Kpler.

 (Reporting by Enes Tunagur; editing by Alex Lawler and Jason
Neely)
 ((Enes.Tunagur@thomsonreuters.com;))