Parviz Shahbazov becomes chairman of Azerbaijan National Oil Committee

By  Trend

Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov has been elected new chairman of the Azerbaijan National Oil Committee, the Committee told Trend June 7.

A meeting was held in Baku under the chairmanship of first vice-president of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR, Khoshbakht Yusifzade, during which a new chairman and board of the Committee, which consists of 19 people, were elected.

The Azerbaijan National Oil Committee was established in 2005 and became a member of the World Petroleum Council (WPC) in the same year at a congress in Johannesburg.