OREANDA-NEWS. January 25, 2007. In December 31, 2007 - January 6, 2008 primary crude oil processing in the Astrakhan region was 51,000 tonnes of oil (89,6% of oil processed in December 24-30, 2007).

Production of petroleum came in at 21,300 tonnes (99,5% of product made in December 24-30, 2007), output of diesel fuel was 18,700 tonnes (100,5%).

As of January 9, 2008 average consumer price of car gasoline and diesel fuel in Astrakhan totaled: A-76 (AI-80 etc) - RUR16,2 (on average across Russia - RUR17,08); AI-92 (AI-93 etc) - RUR20,17 (across Russia - RUR20,4); AI-95 and higher grades - RUR21,17 (across Russia - RUR21,98); diesel fuel - RUR17,57 (across Russia - RUR19,73), the Russian State Statistics Service said.