Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 14
Trend:
BP, the operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) block of oil and gas fields’ development, has completed the maintenance work on the Deepwater Gunashli platform and commissioned it on September 12, the company said in a message Sept. 14.
Production volumes are being gradually restored at the platform.
In accordance with the plan, the Deepwater Gunashli platform was stopped for 11 days for scheduled maintenance since September 1.
Such programs [temporary halt] are a part of normal operating activities, and they are implemented regularly in a scheduled manner, according to the BP’s message.
“The preparation of this program began in 2015 and the work carried out within this program is included in the annual work program and budget for 2016,” the message said. “Temporary halt of platform’s work was also taken into account in the production plan for this year.”
Production from the other six platforms – “Central Azeri”, “Western Azeri”, “Eastern Azeri”, “Chirag”, “West Chirag” and “Shah Deniz”, as well as export shipments via “Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline”, “Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum Pipeline” (South Caucasus Pipeline) and “Baku-Supsa Pipeline” (Western Route Export Pipeline) will continue in normal mode, the BP noted.
The Sangachal terminal will also work as planned, and loading and shipping of tankers from terminals of Ceyhan and Supsa will continue according to the schedule, said BP’s message.
The contract for development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) block of fields was signed in 1994. The proven oil reserve of the block nears one billion tons.
The shareholders of the project are: BP - 35.78 percent, Chevron - 11.28 percent, Inpex - 10.96 percent, AzACG - 11.65 percent, Statoil - 8.56 percent, Exxon - 8 percent, TPAO - 6.75 percent, Itochu - 4.3 percent and ONGC - 2.72 percent.