Minister of Industry and Energy Natiq Aliyev of Azerbaijan
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Industry and Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev has said that the pipelines security is ensured at a high level and that it is not quite easy to commit terror attacks on the areas the pipeline passes through.
Industry and Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev says that the government has assumed commitment to protect pipelines and that even a special department has been set up to that end under a special instruction.
However, Natiq Aliyev says that this should not be understood as bringing NATO troops into Azerbaijan.
Commenting on reports of threats by PKK terrorists to attack pipelines passing through Turkey as a result of tension on the Turkish-Iraqi border, Natiq Aliyev said they were just rumours that caused a stir.
The bloc's external relations commissioner, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, related a story: Two years ago, President Ilham Aliyev had told her Azerbaijan's gas reserves would not last long.
Energy Minister Aliyev says Azerbaijan's proven reserves amount to 2 trillion bcm -- enough to cover Europe's entire gas consumption for four years.
Aliyev expressed Baku's eagerness to increase its oil and gas cooperation with Iran, a country which he said plays a significant role in the production and export of energy from the Caspian Sea region.
At the meeting, Aliyev said that some measures have been taken to synchronize Iranian and Russian electricity networks.
Aliyev said that Azerbaijan would eventually control marketing and sales of gas from the Shah Deniz field.
I must say that we are accurately following the schedule and by the end of 2003 the pipeline project will be completed 50 %," Aliyev said on January 29.
Azeri Minister for Industry and Energy Natiq Aliyev said in Baku that Turkey made gestures to purchase all the volume.
IRNA website, Tehran, 1415 gmt 9 Oct 05) Azerbaijan The privatization of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR) is not expedient at the moment, SOCAR president Natiq Aliyev has said in the second town of Ganca.
Turan- Energy news agency, Baku, 0744 gmt 13 Oct 05) The privatization of SOCAR has never been on the agenda, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said in his interview with the US news agency Bloomberg.
Natiq Heydar Aliyev is the Minister for Industry and Energy of Azerbaijan.
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Aliyev was speaking from London where he was taking part in high-level talks with Kazakh officials about Kazakhstan joining the BTC consortium, an option that is strongly favoured by the US government.
Aliyev has not been seen publicly or heard from for two weeks.
reported 20 July that Aliyev had slipped into a coma.
Natiq Aliyev said the Caspian nation's crude production, which stood at 32.
Aliyev said most of the oil would be produced at the Azeri-Chiraq-Guneshli fields, which will also account for the bulk of the nation's natural gas output -- expected to reach 30 billion cubic meters in 2010.
Azeri Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev said the Caspian nation's crude production, which stood at 32.
Aliyev said most of the oil would be produced at the Azeri-Chiraq-Guneshli offshore fields.
President Aliyev said bilateral cooperation between the two countries is being enhanced in different fields, including economy and energy.
For his part, Minister Aliyev said that Azerbaijan aims to deliver energy sources with great security and efficiency to the European markets.
Aliyev said that there were some contradicting articles.
Azerbaijan's Industry and Energy Minister Natik Aliyev said Tuesday that the country planned to transport over 3 mln mt (around 60,000 bbl/d) of crude via the Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline to southern Russia, less than last year.
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev described the bilateral relationship as an "example of relations between neighbors, practical good-neighborly relations" (Azertaj, February 21.
Aliyev said noting that apart from BOTAS other contractors also have claims against "BTC Co.
Natiq Aliyev said oil production will double from the nearly 237 million barrels produced last year, The Moscow Times reports.
Aliyev said the country will soon take control of the Azerbaijan Gas Supply Co.
Aliyev said Azerbaijan would eventually control marketing and sales of gas from the Shah Deniz.