From January to August 2015 SOCAR extracted 4.58 billion cub.m. of tank gas, down 7.7% against the same period last year (4.96 billion cub.m.), reads the information posted on the company’s web site.
In August 2015 SOCAR extracted 603.4 million cub.m. of gas.
In 2014 SOCAR extracted 7.22 billion cub.m. of gas against 7.31 billion cub.m. extracted in 2013.
From January to August 2015 Azerbaijan produced a total of 18.99 billion cub.m. of gas (including associated gas pumped back into the oil wells to maintain the bed pressure), down 7.1% against the same period last year (20.44 billion cub.m.).
In 2014 gas production in Azerbaijan totaled 29.62 billion cub.m. (tank gas – 18.9 billion cub.m.) against 30.78 billion cub.m. produced in 2013.