SOCAR boosts domestic gas sales 10% in 9M
BAKU. Oct 18 (Interfax) - The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR) sold 5.593 billion cubic meters of gas on the domestic market in January-September 2011, a 10.1% year-on-year increase, SOCAR's press service told Interfax.
SOCAR said 3.808 billion cu m of the total was sold to JSC Azerenergy (up 6.7%), 1.327 bcm to households - (up 2.7%), 814.2 million cu m to the industrial sector (up 21.5%) and 153.5 million cu m to the public sector (down 4.5%).
The production unit Nakhchyvangaz received 217.7 million cu m of gas in January-September (up 3.1-fold).
SOCAR's sold 463 million cu m of gas on the domestic market in September, including 311.8 mcm to Azerenergy, 61.5 mcm to households, 64 mcm to the industrial sector, 3 mcm to the public sector and 22.7 mcm to Nakhchyvangaz.