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Over 50 settlements supplied with gas in Azerbaijan in 2014

Oil&Gas Materials 27 January 2015 15:43 (UTC +04:00)
The production association Azerigas of Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR) supplied with gas some 58 settlements in 25 districts of the country in 2014,
Over 50 settlements supplied with gas in Azerbaijan in 2014

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 27

By Emil Ismayilov - Trend:

The production association Azerigas of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) supplied with gas some 58 settlements in 25 districts of the country in 2014, the Azerigas head, Akbar Hajiyev, said.

He made the remarks in an interview with the website of Azerbaijan's ruling New Azerbaijan Party.

Azerigas deals with the distribution and sale of gas to subscribers in Azerbaijan.

Hajiyev said Azerigas, in order to increase gas transportation capacities and gas supply to settlements, built last year some 1436.56 kilometers long gas pipelines and repaired 353.9 kilometers of existing gas pipelines.

"As of Jan. 1, 2015 the number of subscribers, supplied with gas, has been brought up to 1,732,266," he added.

Hajiyev said that out of the total number of gas subscribers in Azerbaijan, some 1,710,004 are the subscribers among population group, and 22,262 among other subscriber groups.

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