Baku. Agshin Rafigoglu - APA-Economics. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) produced 503,700 m³ of gas in October 2016, down 15.33% compared to a year earlier, up 4.54% from the previous month, said a statement from SOCAR.
In January-October 2016, SOCAR produced 5,210,200 m³ of gas, down 9.48% compared to 2015.
SOCAR produced 543,100 m³ of gas in January, 504,400 m³ in February, 547,800 m³ in March, 519,200 m³ in April, 535,600 m³ in May, 512,000 m³ in June, 530,900 m³ in July, 531,700 m³ in August and 481,800 m³ in September.
In October, total gas production across the country made 2,349,000 m³, down 7% from the previous year, up 1.61% from September.
In January-September total gas production rose 2.34% to 27,637,800 m³.