BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 1. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) carried out 18,000 meters of drilling operations in the second quarter of 2025.
The data obtained by Trend from SOCAR shows that the company produced 1.8 million tons of oil and two billion cubic meters of gas from fields it operates independently or as the main shareholder.
Natural gas production per the company grew by 8.5 percent compared to the same period last year.
Meanwhile, natural gas production in the country grew by 1.4 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2024, reaching 12.7 billion cubic meters.
During the second quarter of this fiscal year, Azerbaijan's
crude oil output reached a substantial volume of 6.8 million metric
tons.
During the designated reporting interval, the export volume of
hydrocarbons dispatched by SOCAR to international markets exhibited
a marginal uptick relative to the corresponding timeframe of the
previous fiscal year, totaling around 4.2 million metric tons.
This encompasses both hydrocarbons procured by SOCAR directly and
the revenue allocations attributable to the Azerbaijani government
and SOCAR from petroleum extracted by global consortiums
functioning within the national territory.
The nation achieved an export volume of 6.2 billion cubic meters of
natural gas, juxtaposed with domestic utilization peaking at 2.4
billion cubic meters, thereby indicating a 6 percent uptick in gas
consumption metrics.
During the second quarter of the fiscal year, SOCAR executed the
processing of upwards of 1.5 million metric tons of crude oil and
exceeded the throughput of 766 million cubic meters of natural
gas.
Azerbaijan achieved an export volume of approximately 570,000
metric tons of hydrocarbon derivatives, encompassing oil,
petrochemical, and gas-chemical products, synthesized at SOCAR’s
operational infrastructures, to international markets.
