SOCAR: Azerbaijan Supplied 13.4 Bcm of Gas to Foreign Markets in 2020

SOCAR and the French oil and gas company “TotalEnergies” have closed a deal to sell ADNOC from the UAE a 15% stake in the “Absheron” gas field development project in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, “TotalEnergies” announced.

Since April 25, BP has stopped the operation of the “Deepwater “Guneshli” platform at the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) block of fields for 15 days for prevention, the press service of bp-Azerbaijan. "The operation of the “Deepwater Guneshli” platform has been stopped for a period of 15 days since April 25 for more efficient implementation of planned preventive, inspection and design work," bp said.

President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Rovshan Najaf met with Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Board of the Russian Gazprom PJSC, in St. Petersburg on April 26, the press service of the Russian gas holding.  "The parties discussed issues of cooperation between companies in the gas sector," the message says.

Azerbaijan is considering the supply of crude oil to Kyrgyzstan,   Kyrgyz Energy Minister Taalaibek Ibrayev told Kyrgyz media. In the near future, the Junda oil refinery will start operating in Kyrgyzstan, which will consume more than 1 million tons of fuel annually, he said.