SOCAR to defray gas expenses of Georgian religious confessions
By Aynur Jafarova
Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR will defray the gas expenses of Georgian religious confessions.
The relevant decision is envisaged in the agreement signed on May 3 between SOCAR and the Patriarchate of Georgia, SOCAR reported on May 5.
Earlier, SOCAR decided to supply free gas to Georgia's religious facilities for a year beginning from November 2013.
The appropriate memorandum was signed during a meeting of SOCAR Head Rovnag Abdullayev and Georgian Patriarch Catholicos Ilia II on October 19.
Azerbaijan's energy giant SOCAR, which is keen on expanding operations in the retail oil products market abroad, 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.
Currently, the company 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.
The number of filling stations of SOCAR reached 110 in Georgia. The company plans to increase the number of petrol stations in Georgia to 120 by late 2014.
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