BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- State Oil Co. of the Azerbaijani Republic President Rovnag Abdullayev said that future oil contracts may provide Azerbaijan $60 billion in foreign investment.

MOSCOW, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- In a major turnaround of Russian policy, the country's largest oil producer has expressed interest in using the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan export pipeline.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic said it would deliver gas to 57,000 new customers in nearby Georgia by 2010 under the terms of a December agreement.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 31 (UPI) -- Exploration and drilling operations in new fields for the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic position the country as a supplier for a host of nations.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 20 (UPI) -- A European delegation met in Baku with State Oil Co. of the Republic of Azerbaijan officials to discuss energy security and the Southern Corridor energy system.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 17 (UPI) -- Azerbaijan is interested in all natural gas projects that will improve energy security with potential European partners, its top oil chief said Friday.

WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- As oil and natural gas production has risen steadily in the former republics of the Soviet Union, a striking division has emerged between the have and have-not states. For the deprived newly independent nations of the Caucasus and Central Asia, their history since 1991 has been steadily rising energy prices as their hydrocarbon-rich neighbors attempt to raise fees to world-market rates. The one glimmer of hope for the hydrocarbon-deprived states of the Caucasus and Central Asia is to position themselves as transit nations, collecting revenue for pipelines crisscrossing their territory.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 2 (UPI) -- The State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic awarded oil trader Vitol SA a tender for 600,000 barrels of oil for March delivery as Baku touts foreign investments.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- French supermajor Total and the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic signed a deal Friday for exploration and development of an offshore oil and gas block.