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By Aynur Jafarova

Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR plans to launch six vacuum compressor installations at the offshore Palchig Pilpilesi field.

This measure is aimed at collecting associated gas with low pressure, SOCAR said on March 4.

Four of these gas compressor installations will be launched at the platform No 1100, and the remaining two will be operational at the platform No 1201.

With the launch of these installations, 150,000 cubic meters of gas emitted during the production process will be collected and shipped to shore every day.

As part of the project, SOCAR plans to build underwater gas lines to ensure the delivery of trapped gases in the overall distribution network across platforms.

SOCAR, which includes production associations Azerneft (companies involved in the production of oil and gas onshore and offshore), Azerkimya (chemical industry enterprises), and Azeriqaz (gas distribution), 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.

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