Gas production within Absheron project to be started in future - Aliyev - UPDATED

  30 August 2016    Read: 3389
Gas production within Absheron project to be started in future - Aliyev - UPDATED
It is expected that gas production within Absheron project would start in the near future,President Ilham Aliyev said at the meeting with Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli.
President Ilham Aliyev said recent years marked important events in Azerbaijan`s energy sector, including in exploitation of oil fields. The head of state said work was developing successfully under Shahdeniz-2 project, adding that it was expected that Azerbaijan`s gas production would considerably grow the coming years. President Ilham Aliyev said it was expected that gas production within Absheron project would start in the near future, noting that this would allow Azerbaijan to considerably increase its gas export opportunities.

Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli recalled his previous meeting with the Azerbaijani President. He highlighted Azerbaijan`s gaining an observer status with the Gas Exporting Countries Forum. Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli said Bolivia would host a summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum next year, and invited Azerbaijan to this event.

They discussed gas and energy market tendencies, Azerbaijan`s cooperation with the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, and ways of increasing efficiency of gas exports.


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Azerbaijani Prersident Ilham Aliyev has received Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.

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