Azerbaijan, Baku, 19 April / Trend / From January to April of 2008, Azerbaijan has produced over15.8mln tons of oil and condensate, which is 14.1% more than in the same period of 2007, the State Statistical Committee reported.
The major oil volume was produced by the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), which extracted 12.9mln tons of oil from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli bloc of off-shore fields, which is 12.9% more than in the same period in 2007.
The volume of gas production made up 5.2bln cu m, which is 79.8% more than in the same period in 2007. The production of gas by AIOC made up 2.8bln cu m of gas.
From January to April 2008, the electricity production in Azerbaijan comprised 7.6bln KW/hour, which is 5.1% less than in the same period of 2007.