Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.15. / Trend /
Azerenergy JSC (Azerbaijani largest producer of electric power) got about 2.8 billion cubic meters of gas in January-July to use as fuel, compared to 2.7 billion cubic meters for the same period of 2008, SOCAR said. SOCAR supplies Azerenergy with gas.
In July, about 334.2 million cubic meters of gas was delivered to Azerenergy.
In 2008, about five billion cubic meters of gas was delivered to Azerenergy. In 2007, this index amounted to 3.4 billion.
Since April 2007, scheme of mutual payments for gas transactions between state agencies has been changed in Azerbaijan. SOCAR directly sells its own gas to Azerenergy. Earlier SOCAR conducted this operation through Azerigas (sale and distribution of gas in Azerbaijan).
Azerenergy had low payment for gas supplied by Azerigas , having in its turn debt to SOCAR for fuel. At present, Azerigas only transports gas to electric power stations.