OREANDA-NEWS. September 13, 2010. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (except Joint Ventures and Operating Companies) conducted 11169 meters of drilling works in August, 2010. 9264 meters of them falls to the share of development drilling and 1905 meters – to the share of exploration drilling (out of them 203 meters structure drilling).

Generally, in January-August of the current year SOCAR (except Joint Ventures and Operating Companies) conducted 94429 meters of drilling works including 88670 meters of development drilling and 5759 meters of exploration drilling (out of them 1044 meters structure drilling).