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SOCAR reduces gas production 6%

26 October 2015 09:30 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Agshin Rafigoglu - APA-Economics. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) produced 580,200 cm of gas in September 2015, up 5.16% compared to a year earlier, down 3.84% to July of this year.

Gas production by the SOCAR made 570,200 cm in January, 519,100 cm in February, 580,400 cm in March, 555,600 cm in April, 576,100 cm in May, 570,600 cm in June, 605,100 cm in July and 603,400 cm in August.

In January-September SOCAR produced 5,161,000 cm of gas, down 6.43% in annual comparison.

In September, total gas production across the country made 2,556,000 cm, up 5.48% from previous year, 38.6% from August.

Gas production across the country made 2,496,000 cm in January, 2,330,000 cm in February, 2,589,400 cm in March, 2,482,300 cm in April, 2,454,700 cm in May, 2,327,000 cm in June, 2,468,000 in July and 1,844,200 cm in August.

Totally, 21,547,600 cm of gas were produced in January-September across the country, down 5.73% by contrast to a year earlier.