Israel to draw Azerbaijan to Mediterranean energy projects - ministry
Azerbaijan has rich experience in the development and production
of hydrocarbons, and Israel is going to involve Azerbaijani
specialists to the mining projects in the Israeli sector of the
Mediterranean Sea, said Victor Bariudin, director of engineering
inspection division of Israeli ministry of energy and water
resources at a meeting with Azerbaijani journalists.
According to him, the volume of gas deposits in the recently
discovered fields in the Israeli sector of the sea are expected to
total up to 2,800 billion cubic meters.
"The government is currently working on a program of energy policy
of the country," he said.
According to preliminary plans, Israel is going to export gas to
China, Japan and European states in the future.
According to the ministry, Israel annually consumes about 20
billion cubic meters of gas.
Israel is also one of the main buyers of Azerbaijani gas, importing
40 percent of the energy resources required by the country.
Bariudin said the government is also interested in opening the
Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR's gas stations in Israel.