Azerbaijan expects flat oil production, 20pc rise in gas output in 2019

BAKU: Azerbaijan expects its oil production will be flat and its gas output will rise 20 percent in 2019, a spokesman for the state energy company SOCAR said on Tuesday.

"We aim at stable oil production, which we have achieved last year, while gas output will be rising ... we expect around 20 percent rise in gas production this year," Ibrahim Ahmadov told Reuters.