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SOCAR drilling operations up

Oil&Gas Materials 6 July 2017 13:52 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, July 6

By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:

Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR drilled 73,790 meters in January-June 2017, compared to 53,280 meters drilled in the same period of 2016, says a message published on SOCAR website July 6.

Some 68,000 meters accounted for production drilling, while the rest part accounted for exploration drilling in January-June 2017.

SOCAR has commissioned 38 new wells since early 2017.

In 2016, SOCAR drilled 105,250 meters against 104,410 meters drilled in 2015.

SOCAR includes production associations Azneft (enterprises producing oil and gas onshore and offshore), Azerikimya (chemical enterprises) and Azerigas (distributor of gas), as well as oil and gas processing plants, service companies and the facilities involved in geophysical and drilling operations.

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