AZERBAIJAN JAN-JUL OIL OUTPUT 0.3%
Azerbaijan produced 5.196 million metric tons of crude oil in January-July, an increase of 0.3% on the year.
These figures don't include oil produced by the international consortium developing the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli offshore oil fields.
Azerbaijani state oil and gas company SOCAR produced 4.7 million tons of oil, a 0.9% fall on the year. Joint ventures, which generally include SOCAR, pumped 495,000 tons of oil, a 13.8% rise.
From January to July, overall Azerbaijani natural gas production stayed flat at 3 billion cubic meters. SOCAR's output was 2.35 bcm, a 1.8% fall on the year. Joint ventures increased their production 16.3% to 65.1 million cubic meters.
