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At the Ministry of Energy the training on “Rules of Ethics Conduct of Civil Servants” was held by the State Examination Center to educate civil servants on ethical norms defined by the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Meeting was held between the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov and the delegation including the authorized representative of BP William Lin on the upstream, and Regional President for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey Gary Jones.

During the first half of 2019, Energy Regulatory Agency under the Ministry of Energy received 1847 appeals on consumers' rights protection, electricity and natural gas supply, gasification and other issues.

The meeting was held between the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Parviz Shahbazov and the delegation led by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Alessandro Fracassetti.

In 2019, 124 projects for energy supply, which was based on the technical conditions provided by the Energy Regulatory Agency under the Ministry of Energy to connect consumers to the electricity and gas supply networks, were agreed.

In June, daily oil production in Azerbaijan amounted to 768,000 barrels, including 695,000 barrels crude oil and 73,000 barrels condensate.

In the first half of 2019 the Energy Regulatory Agency under the Ministry of Energy conducted 1004 investigations in the electricity and gas supply networks of consumers financed by the budget.

The meeting has been held between the Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov and the delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Guglielmo Picchi. The Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov said that the two countries have successfully developed relations in all spheres, and these ties have been strengthened by high-level mutual visits.

During the first half of 2019, 469 cases of administrative violations were reviewed at the Ministry of Energy. 435 of them were connected to natural gas and 34 to electricity. Articles submitted on 121 cases related to natural gas, which are not properly compiled, have been sent back.

Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov met with Robert Cekuta, the Board member of the Caspian Policy Center. The meeting focused on the situation in the Caspian region, trends observed in the global energy sector, as well as the impacts of new technologies and digitalization. During the conversation, the role of the Caspian region in the process of integration with energy and transport projects was mentioned.