OREANDA-NEWS. January 24, 2011. In December 2010 the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) decreased gas export by 20.3% as compared to November.

The Company informs that in December 2010 gas export totaled 106.5 million cu m versus 137.7 million cu m in November, 159.3 million cu m in October, 121 million cu m in September, 116.1 million cu m in August, 126.5 million in July, 131.5 million cu m in June, 140.3 million cu m in May, 152, 3 million cu m in April, 174, 4 million cu m in March (last year’s best index a month) and 146.58 million cu m in December 2009. Export for December 2008 (178.45 million cu m) still remains a record indicator for SOCAR on own export.

"In 2010 our gas export reached 1.688 bn cu m,” SOCAR informed. The figure exceeds export over 2009 by 63.7%.

In 2009, 1.03 bn cu m was exported versus 818.93 million cu m in 2008. In 2009 SOCAR increased its own gas export by 25.9%.