Oil contracts


Speech of Heydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan in the ceremony of the signature of the contract on joint exploitation of the Shahdeniz deposit in the Azerbaijani Sector of the Caspian Sea - June 4, 1996 
Speech by Heydar Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the ceremony of signing of Contract on joint exploration of "Dan Ulduzu" and "Ashrafi" oil fields between State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic and foreign oil companies. December 14, 1996
Final address by Heydar Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the meeting held with the Executive Committee members of the project on the "Shahdeniz" oil field Contract. Presidential Palace, March 5, 1997
Speech of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev at the signature ceremony of three contracts on joint developments «Absheron», «Nakhchivan» and «Oguz» structures - Washington, the White House, August 1, 1997 
Speech of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev at the ceremony of the signature of the contracts between SOCAR and foreign oil companies on joint development in the off-shore block of "Kurdashi" and in the blocks "South-Western" and "Kursengi-Garabaghli" - 2 June, 1998
Speech of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev at the Ceremony of the ‎Signature of the Agreement between the oil companies "Japan Petroleum", "Indonesia ‎Petroleum", "Itochu Oil Exploration" and "Teykoku Oil" and the State Oil Company of ‎Azerbaijan Republic on exploration, developments, and production-share in "Yanan Tava", ‎‎"Ateshgah" and "Mugan-Deniz" blocs located in the Azerbaijani Sector of the Caspian Sea - ‎Gulustan Palace, December 25, 1998‎
Speech of Heydar Aliyev, Preisdent of Azerbaijan in the ceremony of the signature of three oil contracts between SOCAR and the USA companies "Moncrift Oil", "Exxon", "Mobil" in the building of the US Senate in Washington D.C. - April 27, 1999
Opening address by Heydar Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan Republic at the ceremony of presentation of results achieved at the "Shahdaniz" oilfield. July 12, 1999
Speech of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev at the ceremony of signature of the agreement between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan and "Moncreef" company of the USA and "Petoil" company of Turkey on the joint developments in the oil deposits of "Mishovdag" and Kelamaddin" of Azerbaijan oilfields - Washington, September 12, 2000
Statement of the Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev at the ceremony of signing the Azerbaijan-Turkey documents on transportation of the natural gas to Turkey to be extracted from the deposit "Shahdeniz". March 12, 2001 
The statement of the Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev at ceremony of signing the agreement between Azerbaijan and Georgia on transportation of natural gas to be extracted from the deposit "Shahdeniz" via Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum route. September 29, 2001 

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