Land and Nature Reseources in Azerbaijan

OTHERS

ELECTRICITY

WIND ENERGY

NATURAL GAS

OiL

Kamran Aliyev, Vusal Babayev, Nizami Rajabov, Elmir Gadirov (STA2D1)

Brief history of Azerbaijan oil industry

Till Soviet Union In Soviet Union Period After Soviet Union

BASIC FACTS about Azerbaijan Oil Industry

• Azerbaijan Oil industry has began rise after 1860

• In the end of IX century 50% of oil in the World was extracted in Azerbaijan (10 mln. ton/year)

• Till 1950 more than 90% of Soviet Union oil industry was connected with Azerbaijan oil

• Till falling down of Soviet Union in Azerbaijan was extracted about 1 billion ton crude oil

• Azerbaijan had several petroleum chemical plants and machine-building industry for oil industry. The capital city of Azerbaijan- Baku was called as “Oil Academy” of Soviet Union

BASIC FACTS about Azerbaijan Oil Industry

• Production of crude oil after Soviet Union was reduce till 5-10 mln ton/year

• 2003 was extracted more than 14 mln.ton

• Consortium plans to increase the production till 50 mln. ton/year ton in the near future

• After Soviet Union Azerbaijan have lost its position in the machine-building and petroleum chemical industry

• At the moment work only 10-15% of oil factories of Azerbaijan which were builded

• There was established State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan for spending oil revenue efficiently

• But this Fund is under control of Azerbaijan President and has not transparency

Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan Pipeline (BTC)

Country: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey

Partners: BP, SOCAR, TOTAL

Commissioned: 2006

Length: 1,768 km (1,099 mi)

Maximum discharge: 1 million barrels of oil per day

Natual Gas Resources

Reserves of Absheron, Umid, Babek, and Nakhchivan: 1.25 tcm of gas and more than 200 mln. tons of condensate*

Shah-deniz Reserves: 1.2 tcm gas, 240 mln. Tons

condensate

Shah Deniz-1; Plateu production 9 bcma

Shah Deniz-2; Plateu production 16 bcma

Wind energy

Average Generate: 2.4 billion kWh

Average blows more than 250 days per year

Offering: 2,400-3,200 hours of sunshine per year

Electricity

production: 23,80 billion kWh (2007)

consumption: 27,50 billion kWh (2007)

Hydroelectric power plants Enikend Hydro Power Plant - 112 MW

Mingechevir Hydro Power Plant - 402 MW

Sarsang Hydro Power Plant - 50 MW

Shamkir Hydro Power Plant - 380 MW

Yenikend Hydro Power Plant - 150 MW

Other Reseources

Gold Iron ore Aliminum ore Complex ore Mercury Ore

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