Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has announced that the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has officially launched operations at an oil field in Uzbekistan. “SOCAR has already started work on an oil field in Uzbekistan, and the contract has been signed. We hope to hear good news within one to two years, and we all look forward to the announcement of a major oil discovery in Uzbekistan,” Aliyev said, as reported by Report.
Aliyev also highlighted Azerbaijan’s longstanding energy partnership with Turkmenistan, noting that expanding cooperation to include Uzbekistan presents new strategic opportunities for regional development.
Energy cooperation in Central Asia continues to deepen. In March 2025, Kazakhstan’s national oil company KazMunayGas and SOCAR agreed to increase oil transit volumes via the Aktau-Baku-Ceyhan route, reinforcing Azerbaijan’s growing role as a transit hub for Central Asian energy exports.
