Works are underway in order to increase the volume of SOCAR underground gas storage facilities to 5 bln cubic meters, APA -Economics reports citing SOCAR.
There are two underground gas storage facilities in Azerbaijan, Kalmaz, and Garadagh and the total volume of these facilities is 3,5 bln cubic meters.
"In a period that demand has sharply increased to the natural gas in the world, the strategic importance of the underground gas storage facilities once more emerges," noted in the information.