Bad weather conditions do not cause any problem in conducting oil and gas operations in Azerbaijan, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) told Trend on Tuesday. According to the report, the work is carried out both on onshore and offshore oil and gas fields in normal mode. Also, all processing and production units of oil and gas industry operate in normal mode. "Bad weather has not affected the oil and gas sector. Extraction, drilling, production and export operations are carried out in normal mode," SOCAR said.

SOCAR includes the Azneft production association (the companies producing oil and gas on and offshore), the Azerkimya industrial association (chemical enterprises) and Azerigaz industrial association (gas distribution).

SOCAR is the only producer of oil products in the country (it has two refineries on its balance sheet) and also owns petrol stations in Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Ukraine. SOCAR is co-owner of the largest Turkish petrochemical complex Petkim. /Trend/