12:44 - 1.03.2024

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March 1, Fineko/abc.az. Natural gas production will begin in the first quarter of next year as part of the project to develop the deepwater part of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli block.

ABC.AZ reports that President Ilham Aliyev said about this today as he addressed the 10th Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council Ministerial Meeting and 2nd Green Energy Advisory Council Ministerial Meeting held in Baku on March 1.

"We expect the beginning of the natural gas production in the first quarter of the next year from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli deep gas project. This is a very promising structure,” he said.

“For many years, the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli has been the main source of our oil exports, being an additional source to gas supply along with the Shahdeniz and Absheron,” the head of state underlined.