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The Gas Export Department of the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR will carry out major repairs and update of over 27-km section of the Kazimagomed-Gazakh pipeline (west direction) in 2013, Department Head Gagamali Seyfullayev said in an interview with Caspian Energy journal.

In particular the major repairs of the 3.5- km section (270-273.5 km) of the 1020-millimeter Kazimagomed gas pipeline are planned, he said adding that the 24-kilometer stretch between the 114th and 138th kilometres will be replaced too.

Also, it is planned to carry out major repairs on the Altiagaj-Aghsu pipeline, 12.1-km bend of the gas pipeline with a diameter of 720 millimetres to Mingachevir power plant, and at Zagatala-Balakan, Azadkend-Imishli, Yevlakh-Nakhchivan gas pipelines and others.

"In general, the implementation of these works will lead to the renewal of the gas transportation system and meet the growing gas demand, as well as a high level fulfilment of contractual conditions in the sphere of gas export," he said.

SOCAR is involved in exploring oil and gas fields, producing, processing, and transporting oil, gas, and gas condensate, marketing petroleum and petrochemical products in the domestic and international markets, and supplying natural gas to industry and the public in Azerbaijan.

The company owns gas stations in Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Georgia and Ukraine. It has representative offices in Georgia, Turkey, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Great Britain, Iran, Germany and Ukraine and trading companies in Switzerland, Singapore, Vietnam, Nigeria, and other countries.