Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.14 / Trend, E. Ismayilov /
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) daily transports about 7 million cubic meters of gas to Russia and Georgia to ensure export operations, Azerigaz Production Unit deputy head Aydinbey Amanov told journalists on Wednesday.
"In particular, about 4 million cubic meters of gas is transported to Georgia on average daily, while 3 million cubic meters is exported to Russia," Amanov said.
He said about 1.2 million cubic meters of gas is daily transported to Iran to meet Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic's gas demand under the swap transactions.
"Some 16-18 million cubic meters of gas is daily transported to JSC" Azerenergy" (power generation and distribution in Azerbaijan) for power generation, which enables to generate about 60 million kilowatt / hours of electricity per day," Amanov said.
At present, all power plants in Azerbaijan are operating based on gas.