Investments in the Azeri oil industry

According to the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), there was USD 43.6 billion invested in the oil and gas sector from 1994 to the end of 2012. In the last several years, the following sums have been invested: 2.61 billion USD in 2009, 3.03 billion in 2010, 4.31 billion – in 2011 and 5.65 billion - in 2012.