During January-August 2006 Gazexport of Russia (Gazprom РћРђРћ subsidiary) delivered 2.985bn m3 of gas, Trend reports with reference to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan.
The average of 12.4mln m3 of gas were delivered a day. During eight months of 2005, Gazexport delivered 3.292bn m3 of gas to Azerbaijan.
In August 2006 the company delivered 315.2mln m3 of gas to Azerbaijan compared to 342mln in 2005.
This year SOCAR plans to purchase a total of 4.5bn m3 of gas from Gazexport for $110 per 1k m3. The gas is delivered to the country via Shirvanovka-Kazimagomed pipeline.