From January to May 2015 SOCAR’s drilling companies reduced the volume of drilling by 29.4% to 43,918 meters against the same period in 2014.
SOCAR’s press office reported that the share of the exploration drilling totaled 1,000 meters (decline by 37.4%) and operation drilling – 42,918 meters (decline by 29.3%).
In May 2015 the volume of SOCAR’s drilling works totaled 10,775 meters.
Since early year SOCAR’s drilling companies put into operation 28 new wells.
In 2014 volume of drilling by SOCAR totaled 127,346 meters, of which exploration drilling totaled 2,628 meters and operation drilling -124,718 meters.