MOST SERIOUS AND EXPENSIVE OIL PROJECT IN THE WORLD

20.08.2003 [17:33]
This is the title of an article in the Financial Times Deutschland telling on importance of the main export pipeline Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan.
Construction of strategically significant Baku-Ceyhan pipeline has recently started ...

JUBILEE OF GAS INDUSTRY CELEBRATED IN SUMGAIT

20.08.2003 [17:07]
A scientific conference held in Sumgait was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of creation of gas industry of Azerbaijan.
Director of science-research institute Gasproject Eldar Aliyev, deputy of executive authorities ...

JUBILEE OF GAS INDUSTRY CELEBRATED IN SUMGAIT

20.08.2003 [16:10]
A scientific conference held in Sumgait was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of creation of gas industry of Azerbaijan.
Director of science-research institute Gasproject Eldar Aliyev, deputy of executive authorities ...

OIL REFINERY PLANT CELEBRATES SEMI-CENTENNIAL ANIIVERSARY

20.08.2003 [14:00]
The oil refinery "Azerneftyanadzhag" is celebrating its 50-th anniversary this year. According to SOCAR, since its existence this plant has refined over 280 million tonnes of crude oil. Currently ...

FIRST PRE-DRILLING WELL ON SHAH DENIZ GAS CONDENSATE DEPOSIT TO BE DRILLED TO DEPTH OF 6500 METRES

20.08.2003 [13:52]
The depth of the first of three pre-drilling wells that will be made within the stage 1 programme for pre-drilling work on the Shah Deniz gas field would reach ...

TENDERS AT BICEX

19.08.2003 [19:29]
According to results of tenders held in currency section of the Baku Inter-bank Currency Exchange (BICEX), the average weighted exchange rate of USD/AZM on August 11 valued 4915 manat for ...

LABOR FAIRS THROUGHT REPUBLIC

19.08.2003 [19:27]
Labor fairs arranged by Main Employment Department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of Population are important measure to provide job seeking and jobless citizens with social ...

AZENERGY IS INTERESTED IN IMPROVEMENT

19.08.2003 [19:04]
For increase of technical, economic and production data of Azerbaijan’s power stations and increase of transmission infrastructure safety in the country, the Aznergy Company has announced a competition among specialists ...

60 PER CENT OF REPAIR WORK DONE IN AZERBAIJAN HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION

19.08.2003 [16:55]
Press-service of ‘Azerenergy’ told AzerTaj the repair work in Azerbaijan hydroelectric power station (HPS) located in the city of Mingachevir is being carried out in the framework of the ...

DOUBLE TAXATION GRADUALLY ABOLISHED

19.08.2003 [16:01]
Preliminary discussions of the draft agreement between governments of Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates on abolishment of double taxation, suppression of income and property taxes evasion.
Specialists of the ...

NEW LAW ON BANKS DRAFTED

19.08.2003 [15:05]
The draft law “On Banks” has been worked out to adjust activity of Azerbaijan Banking System.
According to Ali Alirzayev, the Deputy Chairman of the Milli Majlis’s Permanent Commission for ...

INCREASE AZERBAIJANI OIL PRODUCTION

19.08.2003 [13:18]
According to the State Statistics Committee, Oil production in Azerbaijan in the first seven months of 2003 was up 1.6% year-on-year to 8.973 million tonnes. The Azerbaijan International Operating ...

DRILLING OF NEW PRODUCTION WELL TO START SOON

19.08.2003 [11:18]
Drilling of a new 2300-m. production well is expected to start on the contracted site of South Western Gobustan. According to information from the company, the well will be ...

SYMPOSIUM TO BE HELD IN CHINA

18.08.2003 [14:09]
As AzerTaj correspondent was informed by Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Azerbaijan Mr. Zhang Guoigang, a symposium is to be held in Beijing aimed at development of ...

ISRAEL SPECIALISTS VISITED GANJA

18.08.2003 [14:08]
Second Secretary of the Israeli Embassy in Baku Fin Kelschtein and cattle breeding specialist of the Ministry of Agriculture of Israel Meori Rosen paid a two-day visit to Ganja.
The ...

TRADE UNIONS EXPANDING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

18.08.2003 [14:07]
Chairman of Trade Unions Confederation of Azerbaijan, a Milli Majlis (Parliament) member Sattar Mehbaliyev, met with a delegation of the General Organization of Egyptian salesmen trade unions.
At the meeting, ...

GEORGIA JOINS THE INITIATIVE OF EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY

16.08.2003 [19:54]
People of Georgia should firmly believe that putting into life of the energy corridor East-West is very beneficial for our country, stated the head of Georgian state Eduard Shevarnadze at ...

PERSONNEL CONTEST TO BE HELD

16.08.2003 [19:41]
Ministry of Communication announced contest of postal workers, accountants-economists under 40 having secondary and higher education in order to select 10 literate and experienced employees to work in post ...

TANKER “PROFESSOR AZIZ ALIYEV” AT FLEET’S DISPOSAL

16.08.2003 [19:05]
On August 14, the admission commission of the Caspian Shipping Company has received the tanker “Professor Aziz Aliyev”, produced at the plant “Krasnoye Sormovo” in Nijniy Novgorod, Russia, the price ...