Azerbaijan, Baku, 14 May / Trend / From Jan to April, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) produced 2.1bln cu. meters of natural gas in the offshore Guneshli field against 1.3bln for the same period of 2007, SOCAR reported. SOCAR is independently developing the shallow part of Guneshli, which accounts for large portion of oil and gas production.
SOCAR has delivered some 1.9bln cu. m. of gas to the government, against 1.2bln cu. meters in the same period of 2007.
At present, daily gas production in Guneshli field totals 17.5mln cu. m. against 10.9mln cu. m. in 2007. '28 May' oil and gas production department, which is developing this field, plans to increase the gas production up to 7bln cu. m. against 4.5bln in 2007.
At present, compressor unit is being constructed in Guneshli-4 platform to collect the low tension gas and to transport it to Oil Rocks field. It will enable to increase the daily gas production up to 20mln c. m.