Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.13, / Trend /
SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) established Azerigas production unit on the basis of the re-organized nine organizations of the former Azerigas, Halg gazeti newspaper reported.
The production unit was established on the basis of Azerigaznegl, underground gas storage production unit, the main gas production unit of Baku, Gas reception and sale LLC, Nakhchivan Gas, a subsidiary of Transport JSC, Azerigazstorage JSC, repair and construction department of the Azerbaijan Research and Design Institute of Gas.
Oil and gas scientific search project institute was established on the basis of union of Institute for Research and Oil and Gas Project in SOCAR. The gas operations unit was renamed into gas exports unit."
Structural transformations were carried out under Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's order on improvement of governance in the oil and gas, and the decree of President of Azerbaijan on amendments to the decree on improving the structure of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic.