Azerigas Gas Leak Detection and Repair Facility

The development objective is to reduce fugitive methane emissions from the gas distribution network operated by Azerigas, and to strengthen Azerigas' asset management capacity. Azerigas is a ring-fenced business unit of the State Oil Company of the republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), with unbundled accounts, responsible for distribution and sales of natural gas to the domestic market in Azerbaijan. The company is experiencing significant gas leaks (fugitive methane emissions) from its legacy assets, most of which are more than fifty years old, estimated at 160 million m3/year (107 kilotonnes per…