The country produced 2.9 million tonnes of oil and condensate and 4.1 bcm of gas in the first month of the year.

But continued shelling prevented a planned evacuation of the port of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, where food and water were in very short supply after a week of Russian encirclement.

Development of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) oilfield and the Shah Deniz gas field are the main energy projects in Azerbaijan.