OREANDA-NEWS. October 4, 2007. State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (except Joint Venture and Operation Company) was carried out 19337 meter drilling work during September. 19028 meter drilled for oil, and 309 meter was drilled for exploration. In sum, SOCAR (except Joint Venture and Operation Company) carried out 161803 meter drilling work since the beginning of this year. 157272 meter drilled for oil, and 4531 meter drilled for exploration.