OREANDA-NEWS. July 18, 2011. Natural gas production of Azerbaijan increased in June by 4.7% compared to May of the year.

The State Statistics Committee (SSC) informs that as of 1 July 2011 the country was produced 12.9 bn cu m of gas that is by 2.1% less against production for Jan-Jun 2010.

This June production reached 2.185 bn cu m against 2.293 bn cu m in May, 2.130 bn cu m in April, 2.2 bn cu m in March, 2.057 bn in February and 2.04 bn in January 2011.

Last year the country produced 26.2 bn cu m, including 2.286 bn in July (the best figure in 2010).

In 2009, gas production reached 23.58 billion cu m (+0.8%) and delivery 16.3 bn cu m (-0.1%). Private producers extracted 10.1 bn cu m of gas (+9%).

In 2008, Azerbaijan produced 22.847 bn cu m of natural gas (+35.6% against the 2007 index), including 9.146 bn cu m (+66.1%) by private producers.