Baku – APA-Economics. State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) will suspend associated gas flame during 1-1.5 years, said the SOCAR Vice-President on Ecology Rafiga Huseynzadeh.
According to her, the associated gas flame fell to 126 mcm from 436 mcm per year-on-year. At present, 97% of gas is utilized.
Volume of gas flame makes 3%. This digit will drop to 0 during next 1-2 years.