Azerbaijan increases commercial gas production by 18%

Azerbaijan produced 2.899 million tons of crude oil, including gas condensate in January, 2022.

Report informs citing the State Statistics Committee that commercial crude oil made 2.886 million tons of the total amount.

Oil production decreased by 5.9% in the reporting period from the same month of 2021, while the volume of marketable oil fell by 6.1%.

In the first month of the year, the country produced 4.61 billion cubic meters of natural gas, with commercial natural gas responsible for 3.180 billion cubic meters.

During the reporting period, natural gas production increased by 12.8%, and commercial gas production rose by 18.3% in annual terms.