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SOCAR production unit exceeds oil, gas production plan

Economy Materials 11 December 2015 17:06 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec.11

By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:

In January-November 2015, Azneft production association, which is the production unit of SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan), has extracted 6.31 million tons of oil, which exceeds the planned level by 1.2 percent, the production association told Trend Dec.11.

The message said that in January-November the production unit produced 5.6 billion cubic meters of gas, which exceeds the planned figure by 8.2 percent.

"During the reporting period, 92 wells that were in the inactive fund were returned to the operational fund, which made it possible to produce additional 53,100 tons of oil," said the message.

In January-November, the production association carried out 672 geological operations, which is important in the matter of maintaining and increasing oil and gas production.

"As a result of these activities, about 277,800 tons of oil was further produced," said the message. "The production association also conducted 28 technical work, which made it possible to additionally produce 51,200 tons of oil."

"In addition, the scope of drilling has been expanded. Some 66 wells, from which 190,800 tons of oil were produced, have been drilled and commissioned since the beginning of 2015 in accordance with the order of the production association.

SOCAR includes Azneft (companies producing oil and gas offshore and onshore), Azerkimya (chemical industry) and Azerigas production associations.

Moreover, the State Oil Company comprises a number of processing enterprises, service enterprises, institutions involved in geophysical and drilling operations.

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