Ties between SOCAR and KEPKO
Oilers of Azerbaijan and Iran have agreed to cooperate According to the official website of the State Oil Company (SOCAR), the state and prospects of cooperation between the two countries in the oil and gas sector, the opportunities of the parties in the fields of oil and gas production, transportation and export, as well as a number of issues related to the seasonal transport of gas between the two countries, were discussed during the visit to Iran of the delegation headed by the First Vice-president of SOCAR Khoshbakht Yusifzadeh.
During his visit from 18 to 20 August at the invitation of the Iranian company for the exploration and production in the Caspian Sea (KEPKO), the SOCAR delegation held meetings at the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran and at the oil and gas companies in the country. The parties stressed the need to expand the Azerbaijani-Iranian cooperation in the Caspian Sea and in the international oil and gas projects.
The SOCAR delegation also visited the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry in Tehran, where they got acquainted with the research of Iranian scientists in the oil and gas industry and nana technologies. -17D-
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