Azerbaijan, Baku, May 23 / Trend, E.Ismayilov /
SOCAR has put into operation a filling station at 14 km of the Baku - Salyan road today.
Today, the company will open four more filling stations, two of which are located on the same road near the Alat settlement and two - on the Baku-Sumgait road.
Before opening these filling stations, the total number of filing stations operating in Azerbaijan under SOCAR's brand, is eight.
SOCAR intends to open about 30 filling stations in Azerbaijan. Much attention is paid for the filling stations to be at the points of entering and leaving the country. The 20-million-manat-investments were made in constructing filling stations in Azerbaijan.
SOCAR Petroleum shareholders are SOCAR (51 percent) and the American A.P. International (49 percent). SOCAR Petroleum was registered on Jan. 21, 2008.
At present, SOCAR has more than 60 filling stations in Georgia. It gradually opens filling stations in Ukraine. It also operates to work filling stations in Romania.