BAKU, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan expects to produce 43million tonnes of oil in 2014, the same as this year, thevice-president of the Azeri state energy company SOCAR said.
"Our oil production forecast for the next year is the sameas this year - 43 million tonnes," Khoshbakht Usifzade toldReuters on Thursday.
Azerbaijan produced 42.98 million tonnes in 2012.
The country ships its oil via five main routes: Russia'slargest Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, neighbouring Georgia'sSupsa, Batumi and Kulevi ports, and Turkey's Ceyhan.