OREANDA-NEWS. January 22, 2010. Since July 2009 SOCAR has been running national gas operator Azeriqaz CJSC (now it is a SOCAR sub-company of the same name).

SOCAR reports that in December gas supplies to the domestic market totaled 779.49 million cu m versus 618.2 million cu m in November, 490.95 million cu m in October, 467.28 million cu m in September, 475.03 million vu m in August, 800.29 million vu m in July, 793.84 million cu m in June of 2009 and 1.08 bn cu m in December of 2008. In 2009 supplies totaled 8.89 bn cu m versus 10.767 bn cu m in 2008.

In December 2009, the former main gas consumer, Azeriqaz CJSC, did not receive gas as well as in August and September, but in July it was supplied 466.12 million cu m against 497.56 million in June of the year and 537.95 million cu m in December 2008. For the past year supplies to the former gas operator made up 3.1 bn cu m, although by 1st August the figure was 3.576 bn cu m versus 5.8 bn cu m in 2008.

Energy operator Azerenerji OJSC received 397.44 million cu m of gas from SOCAR in December against 310.27 million cu m in November, 282.4 million cu m in October, 274.63 million cu m in September, 290.46 million cu m in August, 334.17 million cu m gas in July, 296.27 million cu m in June of 2009 and 544.76 million in December of 2008. Over 2009, supplies for Azerenerji reached 4.318 bn cu m against 4.95 bn cu m in 2008 and the operator became the country’s main gas consumer.

In connection with launch of independent supply operations at the domestic market SOCAR informed that last December it supplied to the population.

228.5 million cu m versus 185.8 million cu m in November, 109.9 in October, 100.75 million cu m in September, 105.7 million cu m in August of 2009 and for the entire past year 849.14 million cu m.

SOCAR’s supplies to industrial sector totaled 87.58 million cu m in December against 79.06 million cu m in November, 73.48 million cu m in October, 67.89 million cu m in September, 57.96 million cu m in August and 421.06 million cu m for entire 2009, to public utility & budget consumers 23.5 million cu m against 10.1 million cu m against 5.96 million cu m, 4.99 million cu m, 4.62 million cu m, 30.36 million cu m and to others 42.43 million cu m versus 32.94 million cu m, 19.16 million cu m versus 19.05 million cu m, 16.25 million cu m and 98.56 million cu m.