SOCAR AQS was established in 2007, as an integrated drilling and well services management company between SOCAR (the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic), Nobel Oil Services and AQS (Absheron Drilling Company). Nobel Oil Services – a diversified group of companies specialized in the oil and gas industry – is a major shareholder of SOCAR AQS JV. SOCAR AQS is committed to developing a world-class modern drilling entity adhering to the highest HSE and technological standards of the international oil industry. Main scope of activities of the Company is rendering of product, work and services related with drilling of oil and gas wells, including drilling of directional wells, cementing, pressure testing, completion, well workover and subsurface repair, sidetracking, well geophysical researches and perforation works, by using modern equipment and technology for oil and gas industry in the way prescribed by the legislation of Azerbaijan Republic. The following below values unite us as a company and inspire us to make further progress: Safety Quality Integrity Novelty Frugality Tenacity Unity Customer Centricity Our main objective is to render non-accident, non-failure and profitable services and, as a result of this, to become a competitive company.