Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend S.Aliyev / In 2006 the capital investments in the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) amounted to AZN 285mln (the forecasts were implemented at 77.4%), against AZN 187.3mln in 2005, mentioned in the SOCAR 2006 report.
Of them, AZN 78mln (92.8% from the forecasts) compared to AZN 67.2mln in 2005 fell on the share of drilling works, AZN 127.7mln (58.9%) compared to AZN 68.2mln in 2005 - construction works, AZN 77.5mln (118.3%) compared to AZN 49.7mln in 2005 - and equipment, AZN 1.7mln (97.8%) compared to AZN 2.2mln in 2005 - geological exploration.
| SOCAR's capital investments in 2006 (AZN, thous.) | |||
| 2006 | 2005 | Difference | |
| Capital investments, in total | 284966,5 | 187291,7 | 97674,8 |
| Including: | |||
| Drilling | 77987,7 | 67226,2 | 10761,5 |
| - exploration | 2188,7 | 2562,8 | -374,1 |
| - exploitation | 75799 | 64663,4 | 11135,6 |
| Geological exploration | 1754,4 | 2233,6 | -479,2 |
| Construction | 127689,4 | 68163,9 | 59525,5 |
| Equipment | 77535 | 49668 | 27867 |
| Capital investments on industrial construction | 27867,5 | 19548,2 | 8319,3 |
| Including: | |||
| - housing construction | 7971,2 | 7768,8 | 202,4 |
| - communal construction | 1857,7 | 4916 | -3058,3 |
| - public education | 1199,7 | 1931 | -731,3 |
| - medical construction | 16838,9 | 4932,4 | 11906,5 |