Socar says crude, natural-gas production declines through July

    By Zulfugar Agayev     State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan, also known as Socar, pumped less oil and natural gas in the first seven months of 2012 from a year earlier.     Oil production declined 2.5 percent to 4.79 million metric tons, and gas output fell 3.4 percent to 3.99 billion cubic meters, the...