Azerbaijan is among the countries that are interested in tenders for LNG supplies, Adnan Gilani, head of Pakistan LNG, a new state-owned company set up to manage procurement and supply of gas, informed. Pakistan plans to issue two international tenders for 750,000 tons per year of liquefied natural gas each in the coming month, he…
Azerbaijan can annually earn nearly $2.5 billion on cargo transportation, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov said. “If we can make 50 million tons of cargo annually pass through the territory of Azerbaijan we will annually receive $2.5 billion of revenues by earning nearly $50 per ton”, Gurbanov said. Years are needed for that,…
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR was focused on diversification of its investments even when the oil prices were high, and this strategy would ensure stability of the company’s revenues, President of SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev said. “As a result of the right investment strategy, the value of SOCAR’s total assets increased from 9 billion manats to…
Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR is not going to abandon the purchase of a share in the Greek gas operator DESFA, President of SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev said. “We won the tender and we’re not going to abandon the deal [with DESFA]”, Abdullayev said. “We don’t talk about appealing to a court, but we will defend…
First Shah Deniz 2 platform jacket sail is an important milestone and great achievement, Shah Deniz 2 projects Vice President Ewan Drummond said. “The first jacket sail away is an important milestone and we are pleased to have achieved this as we move towards completion of other areas of the project”, Drummond said. “I take…
Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR is not in talks with the Russian Gazprom company on gas purchases, President of SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev said. He said that SOCAR sent offers to the Gazprom, on the basis of which Azerbaijani state oil company could buy Russian gas, but currently no talks were being held. Earlier, Director General…
The Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR is supplying liquefied natural gas to new buyers. “SOCAR will possibly start “pure trading” in the next five years”, Arzu Azimov, chief executive officer of Geneva-based Socar Trading, said. “Until then it will focus on projects that involve using LNG to generate power in nations from Africa to Southeast…