OREANDA-NEWS. September 28, 2009. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) continues pumping in underground gas storages (UGS) in order to create reserves for winter.

SOCAR reports that its industrial union Azeriqaz pumps 6-6.2 million cu m of gas in UGS per day and already accumulated 1.7 bn cu m of reserves.

At the same time, 1.023 bn cu m was pumped in Galmaz UGS, 677.5 million – in Garadag UGS that exceeds pumping in 2008 by 191.7 million cu m. 1.8 bn cu m in all should be pumped in both UGSs versus 1.4 bn cu m a year earlier.