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Azerbaijan ups volumes of gas injection into underground gas storage facilities

Oil&Gas Materials 18 June 2011 10:42 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, June 18 / Trend /

At present, the volume of gas reserves in underground gas storage facilities in Azerbaijan hits 1.8 billion cubic meters, a source in oil and gas market said. Volumes currently available in gas storage facilities include gas pumped in this season, and the remaining from last season.

Azerbaijan has two underground gas storage facilities - Garadag and Kalmaz.

According to the source, at present nine million cubic meters per day is pumped into underground gas storage facilities in Azerbaijan.

The process of gas pumping into underground gas storage facilities started in May this year. In early May, daily volume of injection into underground gas storage facilities hit around two million cubic meters.

Last season about 1.92 billion cubic meters of gas was pumped out from underground gas storage facilities in Azerbaijan.

Volume of gas reserves in underground gas storage facilities in Azerbaijan amounted to 3.05 billion cubic meters as a result of the completion of 2010-2011 pumping season.

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