BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.3. Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) produced on average about 375,000 barrels per day in the first half of 2023, as compared to 424,000 barrels per day in 1H2022, Trend reports via bp.
As such, the volume of ACG production dropped by 11.6 percent year-on-year.
“During the first half of 2023, ACG continued to safely and reliably deliver stable production. Total ACG production for the first half of 2023 was on average about 375,000 barrels per day (b/d) (about 68 million barrels or 9 million tonnes in total) from the Chirag (23,000 b/d), Central Azeri (98,000 b/d), West Azeri (91,000 b/d), East Azeri (61,000 b/d), Deepwater Gunashli (67,000 b/d) and West Chirag (35,000 b/d) platforms,” said bp.
At the end of the second quarter, 137 oil wells were producing, while 44 were used for water and seven for gas injection.
In the first half of 2023, ACG completed three oil producer and four water injector wells.
BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Limited is the operator on behalf of the Contractor Parties to the ACG Production Sharing Agreement.
ACG participating interests are: bp (30.37%), SOCAR (25.0%), MOL (9.57%), INPEX (9.31%), Equinor (7.27%), ExxonMobil (6.79%), TPAO (5.73%), ITOCHU (3.65%), ONGCVidesh (2.31%).
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