On November 18, SOCAR opened its 2nd petrol station in Ilfov, Romania.

The opening ceremony was attended by SOCAR Vice-president for economic issues Suleyman Gasimov, representatives of Azerbaijani Embassy in Romania, Turkish Ambassador to Romania Osman Koray Ertaş, Romanian MPs, President of Romanian TRANSGAZ Ion Sterian, senior management of leading companies operating in Romania, officials from the Turkish Businessmen Association, Azerbaijanis living and studying in Romania, representatives of SOCAR Petroleum SA and local media.

Consequently, the number of SOCAR stations in Romania reached 35. Three counters have been installed at the station which serves four cars and two trucks at the same time with NANO 98, Nano 95, Nano Diesel, and Nano Super Diesel types of fuel products. The station is also supplied with NAR café, with traditional Azerbaijani food and free 24/7 Internet access.

SOCAR already operates its petrol stations in 17 regions of Romania - Botosani, Suceava, Neamt, Iasi, Bihor, Buzau, Bacau, Vrancea, Timis, Ilfov, Cluj, Valcea, Arad, Bistrita-Nasaud, Sibiu, Arges, and Bucharest.

About Socar

SOCAR is an integrated state oil & gas company of Republic of Azerbaijan and is involved in upstream, midstream and downstream operations encompassing exploration of oil and gas fields, production, processing and transporting oil, gas and condensate, marketing of petroleum and petrochemical products in domestic and international markets and supplying natural gas to domestic and industrial customers in Azerbaijan. SOCAR has its trading companies in Switzerland, Singapore and UAE and representative offices in a number of other countries.