April 2006

• Refinery production totalled 8,465.5 thousand cubic metres in April, down 7.8 % from the same month a year earlier.
• Crude oil and equivalent receipts by refineries totalled 7,650.6 thousand cubic metres in April, down 360.7 thousand cubic metres or 4.5 % from a year earlier
• Receipts of domestic crude oils at 3,285.9 thousand cubic metres were down 20.6 % from the previous year.
• Domestic sales of refined petroleum products in April totalled 7,590.8 thousand cubic metres, down 0.2% from a year earlier.
• Refined petroleum product inventories at 9,572.3 thousand cubic metres were down by 530.6 thousand cubic metres or 5.3 % from a year earlier.