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SOCAR Sponsors of Candidates event in London |
The main sponsor for the Candidates event in London is SOCAR. The Azerbaijan state oil company is famous already in the chess world for sponsoring several elite events in the past as well as the European Team Champions.
They are sponsors of various chess sporting and charitable initiatives in Azerbaijan. |
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THE STATE OIL COMPANY OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC
The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) is involved in exploring oil and gas fields, producing, processing, and transporting oil, gas, and gas condensate, marketing petroleum and petrochemical products in domestic and international markets, and supplying natural gas to industry and the public in Azerbaijan.
Three production divisions, two oil refineries and one gas processing plant, an oil tanker fleet, a deep water platform fabrication yard, two trusts, one institution, and 22 subdivisions are operating as corporate entities under SOCAR. |
Joint ventures (including ventures in Georgia and Turkey), consortia, and operating companies established with SOCAR's participation, are doing business in different parts of the petroleum industry. SOCAR has representative offices in Georgia, Turkey, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Great Britain, Iran, Germany and Ukraine and trading companies in Switzerland, Singapore, Vietnam, Nigeria, and other countries.
More information from the company website : http://new.socar.az/socar/en/ |
