You're reading: Azerbaijan Oil Company cuts oil output 1.5 percent, gas 12 percent in January – June 2015

The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR) produced 4.138 million tonnes of oil in January - June 2015, 1.5 percent less than in the same period of last year, the company told Interfax.

Gas output by SOCAR in the six months fell 11.8 percent year-on-year to 3.372 billion cubic meters (bcm).

In June alone, SOCAR produced 675,500 tonnes of oil and 570.5 bcm of gas.