Azerbaijan, Baku, 5 September/ Trend / The balance of development wells of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) (excluding joint ventures and operating companies) totaled to 6,052 as of 1 September of 2008 (6,172 as of 1 September 2007), SOCAR said.
A total 4,798 wells are operating at present (4,893 as of 1 September 2007) and 1,237 (1,264 as of 1 September 2007) are not operating. A total of 17 wells (15 as of 1 September 2007) are being developed at the moment).