Azerbaijani media reports that in the near future, the Azerigaz Production Association of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) plans to start gas supplies to a number of settlements in the Masalli and Lankaran regions of Azerbaijan (235 and 270 kilometers far from Baku).
As reported, currently SOCAR is actively working to improve the level of gasification in Azerbaijan. In particular, the level in the country is projected to reach 95 per cent in 2013.
According to the report, the relevant work has been done on the gasification of several villages and connection of new subscribers within improvements with the gas provision level in the Masalli and Lankaran regions.
As of Sept.1, the number of gas users in Azerbaijan was 1.429 million. Some 1.411 of the total number of subscribers accounts for a population group and 17,533 other subscribers.