Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec.17 / Trend, E.Ismayilov /
As of Dec.16, BP, the technical operator of the development of the Azerbaijani offshore gas condensate field Shah Deniz, produced about 6.8 billion cubic meters of gas at the field, BP said.
Forecast on gas production at the Shah Deniz field for 2010 is 7.6 billion cubic meters.
Nov gas from the field is transported to Georgia and Turkey via the South Caucasus gas pipeline.
The contract to develop Shah Deniz was signed in June 1996. Participants are: BP (operator) - 25.5 percent; Statoil - 25.5 percent; NICO - 10 percent; Total - 10 percent; LukAgip - 10 percent; TPAO - 9 percent; and, SOCAR - 10 percent.
Peak production is forecast at over 8.6-9 billion cubic meters. Gas production may be brought up to 25 billion cubic meters per year under the second phase of development.