The Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) will bring tens of billions of net profit to Azerbaijan in 2018-2019, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Rovnag Abdullayev said. “Shah Deniz 2 is one of our most promising projects. The development of the huge Shah Deniz field, which has around 1.2 trillion cubic meters of…
The Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR plans to sign a new contract on the development of the Umid-Babek block of gas fields in the Caspian Sea by late 2016 to raise funds from international institutions and companies, Rovnag Abdullayev, SOCAR head, reported. “In general, the work is underway at the Umid field”, he said. “Drilling…
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and Malaysia’s Petronas signed a memorandum of understanding on exploration, development and production of hydrocarbons at a block in the prospective offshore structure Goshadash, SOCAR said in a message. The Goshadash structure is located in the North-Western part of the Absheron archipelago in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea.…
French company Total may start drilling the first well at the Azerbaijani gas field Absheron in mid-2017, Rovnag Abdullayev, head of the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR, reported. He added that the drilling operations would be carried out from a new generation platform, being built by SOCAR. Abdullayev said the sides continued to actively work…
Chinese companies may become owners of up to 50% in the Oil and Gas Processing and Petrochemical Complex (OGPC) in Azerbaijan, head of the country’s state oil company SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev said. He said that the work on this issue was underway. “As you know, SOCAR and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a memorandum…
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR will be a technical consultant for Ionian Adriatic Pipeline (IAP) project, Murad Heydarov, head of SOCAR Balkan company, said. He added that the initial report had already beendelivered and at the first stage, the proposals for the specific project were given. “The specific project is the first line, which will…
Enel, through its renewable energy subsidiary Enel Green Power Brasil Participacoes Ltda. (“EGPB”), has started the construction of the Horizonte solar plant, located in Tabocas do Brejo Velho in the state of Bahia in North-Eastern Brazil. “With the start of construction of Horizonte, Enel has reached yet another milestone in the implementation of its growth…