Speaking
to
a
conference
in
Baku,
Socar
first
vice-president
Elshad
Nasirov
said
that
“production
at
Shah
Deniz
II
will
start
in
2018".
"The
pipeline
will
be
filled
and
gas
will
reach
European
borders
by
2019,"
Nasirov
said,
according
to
Reuters
reports.
Nasirov
also
said
Socar
would
invest
$3
billion
into
the
Shah
Deniz
II
project
in
2013
and
would
make
a
decision
on
spending
an
additional
$20
billion
in
October.
Shah
Deniz
II
had
originally
set
late
2017
as
a
target
date,
though
Socar’s
managing
director
Rovnag
Abdullayev
recently
said
the
gas
would
not…
