Azerbaijan, Baku, October 30 / Trend, E. Ismayilov /
Around 328 million tons of oil and gas condensate have been exported from Azerbaijan by various routes since oil production started at the Azeri -Chirag- Guneshli block of oil and gas fields and Shah Deniz field, SOCAR First Vice-President for Geology, Geophysics and Mining Khoshbaht Yusufzade said at a workshop organised as part of the Days of Norway event in Azerbaijan today.
According to him, around 230 million tons of the total exported oil volume went through the Baku -Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Around 66 million tons were exported via the Baku -Supsa oil pipeline, while 12 million tons of oil via the Baku -Novorossiysk oil pipeline. Around 20 million tons of oil was exported by rail.
The contract for development of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli large offshore field was signed in 1994. Shares are distributed as follows: BP (operator in Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli) - 35.78 per cent, Chevron - 11.27 per cent, Inpex - 10.96 per cent, AzACG - 11.65 per cent, Statoil - 8.56 per cent, Exxon - 8 per cent, TPAO - 6.75 per cent, Itochu - 4.3 per cent and ONGC - 2.72 per cent.