SOCAR continues constructing new gas storage
By Aynur Karimova
Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR continues the construction of a new gas storage facility in Azerbaijan, SOCAR Head Rovnag Abdullayev told journalists on September 19.
He said that SOCAR has not renounced its intentions to build the Tumbul gas storage facility in Nakhchivan.
"SOCAR has recently drilled the third well here," he said. "These wells will be flushed out soon. In general, the work is underway."
The appraisal wells on the basis of the Nehram salt deposit are being drilled at the Tumbul section.
Azerbaijan is currently carrying out swap deliveries of gas to Iran in order to provide the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic with gas. The underground gas storage facilities with a capacity of 200-300 million cubic meters will be enough for meeting the needs of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is blockaded because of the Armenian occupation of 20 percent of the Azerbaijani territories.
Currently, two underground gas storages Kalmaz and Garadagh operate in Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani underground gas storage facilities can store up to 6 billion cubic meters of gas.
Azerbaijan's state energy company 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.
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