Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr S. Aliyev / BP company indicated in the annual review of world energy publicized this week that the proven reserves of natural gas in Azerbaijan had made up 1.35trln cu m by the end of 2006, what comprises 0.7% of world mineable reserves.
ВР is the operator of development of Shah Daniz gas condensate filed in Azerbaijan.
According to the report, gas production in Azerbaijan made up 6.3bln cu m in 2006, what is by 18% more than in 2005. Gas production in Azerbaijan in last 10 years (including 1996) increased by 400mln cu m per year.
Gas consumption in Azerbaijan in 2006 made up 9.6bln cu m per year, what is by 8.1% more than in 2005. Compared to 1996, gas consumption in 2006 increased by 3.7bln cu m.
Azerbaijan in 2006 covered the difference between own production and consumption of gas owing to import from Russia. On 1 January, 2007 Azerbaijan stopped import of gas.