Azerbaijan state oil company increases own gas export by 26 percent

In Dec., gas exports totaled 146.58 million cu m against 93.3 million cu m in Nov., 83.2 million cu m in Oct., 62.8 million cu m in Sept., 53.75 million cu m in Aug., 40.85 million cu m in July, 41.83 million cu m in June, 50.86 million cu m in May, 100.69 million cu m in April, 90.65 million cu m in March, 99.45 million cu m in Feb., 167.32 million cu m in Jan. 2009 and 178.45 million cu m in Dec. 2008.

Nearly 1.03 bn cu m was exported in 2009 compared 818.93 million cu m in 2008.

In 2009, SOCAR increased its own gas export by 25.9 percent.

In 2010, due to contracts with Russia’s Gazprom and Iran’s NIGEC, SOCAR exports are estimated to rise two to three fold in 2010.

/Abc.az/