Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 18
By Azad Hasanli – Trend:
Gas production amounted to 30.42 billion cubic meters in 2018, which is 6.4 percent more than in 2017, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry’s report on Jan. 18.
Most of the gas production accounted for the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli block of fields - 12.5 billion cubic meters of gas (an increase of 1.34 percent for the year).
Gas condensate production at the Shah Deniz field amounted to 11.37 billion cubic meters (an increase of 11.8 percent).
During the reporting period, the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR produced 6.55 billion cubic meters of gas (an increase of 7.51 percent).
Gas production in Azerbaijan in 2018 (in million cubic meters):
|
Gas production |
2018 |
2017 |
Difference |
|
Throughout the country |
30.422 |
28,597.9 |
1,824.1 |
|
SOCAR |
6.547 |
6,089.1 |
457.9 |
|
Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli |
12.506 |
12,340.7 |
165.3 |
|
Shah Deniz (gas condensate) |
11.369 |
10,168.1 |
1,200.9 |
Presently, Azerbaijan produces about 94 million cubic meters of gas and 110,000 tons of oil daily.
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