Norway’s national oil company Equinor has announced that it has sold its shares in two Azerbaijani oil fields and the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan oil pipeline to Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and will exit from Azerbaijan after 30 years in the country. “Equinor is in the process of reshaping its …
Read More »Armenia, Turkey, Iraq Main Trading Partners of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province
The General Director of the Industry, Mine and Trade Organization of the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan, Mohammad Jafar Ozmaei, stated that during the first 8 months of the current Iranian year, the province exported non-oil products amounting to over 960 million dollars, Mehr reports. According to Ozmaei, between March …
Read More »Non-Oil Exports from East Azarbaijan Province Hits $960 mn
The director general of the Industry, Mine and Trade Organization in Iran’s East Azarbaijan province said the province has exported over $960 million in non-oil products during the first 8 months of the current Iranian year. Speaking at a conference on the export of non-oil goods, held in Tabriz on …
Read More »New Gas Discovery Boosts Azerbaijan’s Energy Aspirations
Azerbaijan’s promise to double its annual gas exports to Europe by 2027 may be a step closer to realization with the news that BP has found new gas reservoirs beneath its existing Azeri–Chirag–Gunashli oil field (ACG) in the Caspian Sea. BP has confirmed to Eurasianet that the appraisal well it …
Read More »Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan Sidestep Russia with New Trade Partnership
Kazakhstan has in a fresh effort to ease bottlenecks in a transportation corridor bypassing Russia reached an understanding with Azerbaijan and Georgia to set up a jointly run and owned logistics company. The agreement was signed last week at the culmination of a trip to the South Caucasus nations by …
Read More »Europe Spends nearly Half Billion Euros for Azerbaijani Gas Imports
Europe’s expenditure on Azerbaijani gas imports in April 2023 have reached nearly 490 million euros, Trend learned from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In April 2023, Azerbaijan supplied 1.047 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe, resulting in export revenues of 488,241,329 euros. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan’s energy …
Read More »First Major Solar Power Plant Takes Shape in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has begun installation of solar panels at its 230 MW Garadagh plant, the country’s first major solar power plant. Developed by United Arab Emirates-based renewable energy company Masdar, the plant is expected to be operating by the end of this year, producing 500 gigawatt hours (GWh) annually. Azerbaijan has …
Read More »Azerbaijan to Increase Gas Supplies to Turkey by about 17%
With the expansion capacity of the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) Project, Azerbaijan will correspondingly increase its gas exports to Turkey to 10.2 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Türkiye, Rashad Mammadov, told Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview. According to the Natural Gas Market 2022 Sector …
Read More »UK is Largest Foreign Investor in Azerbaijan with $34 Billion
The UK has invested $34 billion in Azerbaijan’s economy, Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov said during the meeting with British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Azerbaijan, Baroness Emma Nicholson, Trend reports. According to him, issues of switching to “clean” energy were discussed during the meeting. “We discussed issues …
Read More »Azerbaijan Boosts Gas Exports to Europe
Amid a slump in EU gas prices, the continent is rushing to diversify its natural gas imports. Oilprice.com wrote yesterday that Russian gas giant Gazprom has seen its 2022 revenue and market share in Europe collapse as a result of Western sanctions. While Russia is busy trying to re-route exports …
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