KAZAKH-UKRAINIAN OIL EXPORT PIPELINE PROJECT

26.08.2003 [14:33]
Kazakhstan and Ukraine will create a working group to study the possibility of transporting Kazakh oil exports through a pipeline between the Black Sea port of Odessa and the ...

GASPROM TO OPEN REPRESENTATION IN TURKMENISTAN

25.08.2003 [13:41]
The board of directors of Gasprom has approved the move to open a representation in Turkmenistan. This was contained in a press release from Gasprom JSC. The board meeting ...

KAZAKH BLACK SEA OIL EXPORTS UP 40 %

25.08.2003 [13:41]
The Caspian pipeline consortium, shipping crude from Kazakhstan to Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, said on Friday its exports will rise by 40 percent to 435,000 barrels per ...

U.S. ROLL BACK CLEAN AIR RULES

25.08.2003 [13:40]
The Bush administration will allow old coal-fired power plants and oil refineries to emit more air pollution.
The aim of the move is to make it easier for industrial ...

"CASPIAN ECOLOGY - 2003" CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN KAZAKHSTAN

23.08.2003 [12:19]
The international conference "Caspian Ecology - 2003" has been scheduled for Aktau from 11-12 September this year. According to the press service of the Ministry of Environment of Kazakhstan, ...

EFFICIENCY OF OLD OIL WELL

23.08.2003 [12:02]
Development of the oil field Garachuhur, situated on the Apsheron peninsular of Azerbaijan, about 15 km to the North East of Baku and being developed by Surakhanyneft started 75 ...

GROWTH OIL & GAS PRODUCTION IN AZERBAIJAN DURING JAN-JULY 2003

22.08.2003 [13:16]
For the first seven months of this year, Azerbaijan produced 8.9728 million tonnes of oil, an increase of 1.6% year-on-year. According to the Statistical Committee, of this total volume ...

LOCALS ARE LARGEST GROUP EXPECTED AT BTC PIPELINE MEETINGS

21.08.2003 [17:16]
In accordance with EBRD press-release, local people living along the route of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, local officials and local interest groups are expected to form the bulk ...

SEMPRA TO BUY 140,000 TONNES OF AZERBAIJANI OIL

21.08.2003 [17:16]
According to the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), the U.S. company Sempra has won a tender to buy 140,000 tonnes of oil from the September consignment ...

CONFERENCE ON LEGISLATIVE REGULATION OF THE KAZAKHSTANI SECTOR OF THE CASPIAN SEA TO BE HELD IN ALMATY

21.08.2003 [12:17]
According to the “ Kazakhstan Today”, from 21-23 August at the Kazakh University Academy there will be an international scientific and practical conference dedicated to the legislative regulation and ...

ADVANCE BORING OF WELLS IN WESTERN PART OF AZERI COMPLETED

21.08.2003 [12:16]
Advance boring work on the western part of Azeri as part of the stage-2 project from the recently installed template has been completed. According to the Baku office of ...

“EUPEC/AZPETROL” TO BE INVOLVED IN BTC PROJECT

20.08.2003 [23:11]
German-Azerbaijani Company “EUPEC/AZPETROL” is expected to join the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline constriction project soon.
The joint venture has already concreted 700 m 2 of pipeline on the “Phase-1” stage of “Azeri” ...

UKRANIAN COMPANY TO REPAY ITS DEBTS TO SOCAR

20.08.2003 [22:11]
State Joint Stock Company “Ukrresurs”will have repaid its debt for the diesel oil to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic before October 2003.
According to the Embassy of Ukaraine ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PARTICIPANTS OF BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PROJECT TO GET CREDIT FROM EBRD

15.08.2003 [11:30]
ENI, TotalFinaElf and ConocoPhilips, shareholders in the pipeline company BTC Co., have refused to allocate a credit to the Azerbaijani State Oil Company within the framework of additional financing of ...