OREANDA-NEWS. December 4, 2007. During November, 2007 State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (except Joint Ventures and Operation Companies) carried out 9848-meter drilling work. 9703 meters drilled for oil, and 145 meters drilled for exploration. In sum, since the beginning of the year SOCAR (except Joint Ventures and Operation Companies) has carried out 185 670 -meter drilling work. 180 648 meters drilled for oil, and 5022 meters drilled for exploration.