The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) reduced its oil and natural gas production in February, Azerbaijan’s state news agency Azertac reported on Wednesday.
According to statistics, SOCAR produced 605 thousand tons oil in February, a 6 percent reduction compared with January's 647 thousand tons.
SOCAR produced 504.4 million cubic meters of natural gas in February, a 3 percent fall from 543.1 million cubic meters in January.
In SOCAR extracted 1.25 million tons of oil and 1 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the period of 2016.
As a total in January and February 2016, SOCAR produced 8.1 million tons of oil and 6.8 billion cubic meter of natural gas.
By Ugur Ertas
Anadolu Agency
ugur.ertas@aa.com.tr