From January to November 2013 4,300,000,000 cub.m. of natural gas was exported via the South Caucasus pipeline Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum, up 500,000,000 cub.m. against the same period last year.
State Statistical Committee reported that in January 400,000,000 cub.m. was exported via the pipeline, in February – 215,800,000 cub.m., in March – 310,700,000 cub.m., in April – 437,500,000 cub.m., in May – 400,000,000 cub.m., in June – 300,000,000 cub.m., in July – 400,000,000 cub.m., in August – 400,000,000 cub.m., in September – 200,000,000 cub.m., in October – 700,000,000 cub.m. and in November 500,000,000 cub.m.
In 2012 4,000,000,000 cub.m. of natural gas was exported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline, down 500,000,000 cub.m. against 2011. Natural gas extracted from the offshore gas condensate field Shah-Deniz is exported via the pipeline. Gas is delivered to Georgia and Turkey. The partners of the Shah-Deniz production sharing agreement (PSA) are BP (operator with 25.5%), Statoil (25.5%), SOCAR (10%), LUKoil (10%), NICO (10%), Total (10%) and TPAO (9%).--0—
Economics
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Rashad Huseynov has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Agricultural Research under the Ministry of Agriculture, replacing Firdousi Fikretzade who led the center since 2019. Fikretzade stepped down from his position on June 10 at his own request.
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Since July 1, bus and metro fares have increased by 10 qəpik, reaching 50 qəpik. The fare for buses on the Baku-Sumgayit route has risen from 60 qəpik to 70 qəpik. However, it is reported that there has been no improvement in service quality following the price increase. According to complaints, air conditioners are not working on buses operating in the periphery, and overcrowding persists.
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Rovshan Najaf, President of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), held a meeting with Bojan Kumer, Slovenia's Minister of Environment, Climate and Energy, to discuss bilateral cooperation in the energy sector.
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Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov met with a delegation led by the World Bank's Regional Director for the South Caucasus, Roland Price, to discuss the development of cooperation in the energy sector.
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