Baku/24.02.16/Turan; SOCAR Trading company, the trade house of SOCAR, plans to open an office in Houston, Texas, Arzu Azimov, SOCAR Trading Executive Director, said in his interview to Reuters.
“The office will be opened to carry out trade operations with oil and oil products in the US. We also have an office in Calgary, Canada, which studies the possibilities of trade between US and Canada,” Azimov said.
Geneva-based SOCAR Trading was created at the end of 2007. At present 100% shares of the company are owned by SOCAR.—0—
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