Azerbaijan

Country hopes Azerbaijan's Socar will move forward with exploration of two prospective blocks with wider energy cooperation between two nations on table.

The ministry also hopes the roadmap will open the possibility of Uzbekneftegaz and other Uzbek companies to become involved in fossil fuel, renewable energy and decarbonisation projects in Azerbaijan. The Uzbek Energy Ministry told Upstream that the scope of the roadmap extands extends beyond upstream exploration in Uzbekistan. At the end of August, the energy ministries of both countries signed a mutual cooperation roadmap that calls for Socar to engage in Uzbek exploration activities and also to train Uzbekneftegaz employees in Azerbaijan.