OREANDA-NEWS. January 10, 2008. State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (except Joint Ventures and Operation Companies) carried out 4706-meter drilling activities during December, 2007. 4586 meters drilled for oil, and 120 meters drilled for exploration. In sum, during the last year SOCAR (except Joint Ventures and Operation Companies) carried out 190 376-meter drilling activities of which 185 234 meters drilled for oil, and 5 142 meters drilled for exploration. It should be noted that 176 790 meters of the total drilling activities carried out by SOCAR during 2007 was the share of the Complex Drilling Trust, 8 385 meters was the share of Azeri Drilling Company and 5 201 meters was the share of Geophysics and Geology Department.