The progress of work on the Southern Gas Corridor project, the dismissal of security personnel at the Mingechevir thermoelectric power plant, and a look at problem loans are the leading themes of today's media.
The Azerbaijan newspaper assesses the five-year period from the date of investing the Shah Deniz-2 project. For more than 6 months, gas has been pumped through the TANAP pipeline on the Shah Deniz-2 project.
Shah Deniz is a large field, with a reserve of 1.2 trillion cubic meters of gas and over 240 million tons of condensate.
This project will change the energy map of the region and Europe. Gas reserves in Azerbaijan are equal to 3 trillion cubic meters of gas, President Ilham Aliyev said on December 17, 2013.
The website Azadliq.info writes about staff cuts at the Mingechevir thermoelectic power plant (TPP). The author recalls the accident that took place on the night of July 2/3 of this year, when the whole country was de-energized. Only 5 months after this man-made disaster began the process of reducing the number of staff involved in the TPP protection.
Thirty-six people have already been laid off, however, the process continues. From now on, instead of them the TPP will be guarded by the police. Previously, the TPP security was carried out by officers of the militarized Azerenergy guard.
As a result of the TPP accident, the damage to the country's economy amounted to over 469.2 million manat.
The newspaper Yeni Musavat continues to write about problem loans, talking about ways to resolve this issue. The expert Natig Jafarli notes that the amount of overdue loans continues to grow.
As of November, since the beginning of 2018, overdue loans increased by 4.4%, and compared with November 1 last year decreased by 10.1%.
According to the expert, official statistics indicate that problem loans make up 16% of the total loan portfolio. However, international rating agencies claim that this figure is 20-30%. According to the expert, to write off problem loans, they should be divided between the state, the bank and the citizen, 33% each.
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