SOCAR improves Azerbaijan's gas transportation system

The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) carried out a repair work on the 3,736-meter stretch of the 1220-mm Astara-Kazimagomed pipeline in January-September, the company reported.  SOCAR transports gas to Iran through this pipeline under the swap operations to meet the needs of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

The company also carried out a repair work on the 400-meter stretch (at the crossing of the Velvelechay River) of the 122-millimeter Mozdok-Kazimagomed pipeline. In addition, the reconstruction work was done to replace the input and output directions of the Siyazan compressor station. The station has already been commissioned.

A 325-mm Gadabay-Novosaratovka pipeline with length of 32.4 kilometers, and was laid to ensure uninterrupted gas supply to the country's western regions. Also, the company carried out work to improve technical condition of the main gas pipeline to ensure the gas transfer via the transport system between the Garadan gas distribution station and the Kazimagomed gas compressor.

During the report period, the company repaired 40 kilometers of gas pipelines, as well as constructed a 720-mm pipeline with length of 20 kilometers for gas transporting and pumping under 55 atmospheres pressure into the Kalmaz underground gas storage facility.

The construction of a 1,020-millimeter pipeline is also under completion. The pipeline is constructed to transport high-pressure gas received by the central installations of the Sangachal terminal from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli and Shah Deniz fields.

SOCAR's Production Union Azerigas takes measures to improve the country's gas transportation system.


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