(Socar) -- On September 28, SOCAR
President Mr. Rovnag Abdullayev met with Mr. Charles Hendry, UK Minister of
State for Energy and Climate Change. Welcoming the guests, Mr. Abdullayev spoke
about the role of oil and gas industry in the development of the country. He
said that foreign oil majors, including BP, had played an important role in the
achievements of Azerbaijan's oil and gas sector in recent years. He noted with
approval the experience of beneficial cooperation between SOCAR and BP on the
Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli, Shahdeniz, and Baku-Tbilisi-Jeyhan projects. The
companies represented in the British delegation expressed interest in the
projects in the Azerbaijani energy sector. The participants heard about
preparations to build the new oil and gas refinery and petrochemicals complex
and about major ecological projects carried out by SOCAR. SOCAR President said
that Azerbaijan was open to foreign investment and carefully considered
cooperation proposals from all companies.
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