Azerbaijan, Baku, May 16 / Trend E.Ismayilov /
In January - June 2012, Azerbaijan extracted 22.16 million tons of crude oil and condensate, which is 6.8 percent less than in January-June 2011, the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee told Trend today.
In total, Azerbaijan produced 45.37 million tons of oil in 2011 compared to 50.83 million tons in 2010.
The bulk of oil production fell to Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) offshore fields and Shah Deniz gas condensate field that are developed in cooperation with foreign partners.
Gas production hit 8.84 billion cubic meters in January - June 2012, or 8.2 percent more than in January - June 2011.
About 26 billion cubic meters of gas were extracted in the country in 2011 compared to 26.23 billion cubic meters of gas in 2010.
Azerbaijan generated 10.63 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in the first six months of 2012, or 10.5 percent more than in the same period of 2011.
Azerbaijan generated more than 20 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2011, or 8.4 percent more than in 2010.