OREANDA-NEWS. July 13, 2011. SOCAR (except Joint Ventures and Operating Companies) conducted 10923 meters drilling works in June, 2011. Of this amount, development drilling made up 10687 m and exploration drilling - 236 m. As a whole, in January-June of 2011, SOCAR (except Joint Ventures and Operating Companies) conducted 78533 m drilling works including 73886 m development drilling and 4647 m exploration drilling. This indicator is 7159 m more (including 4426 m development drilling and 2733 m exploration drilling) than the same period of 2010.