BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug.3. Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) block of oil fields offshore Azerbaijan has produced more than 4.3 billion barrels of oil since start in November 1997 to the end of the first half of 2023, Trend reports via bp.
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.
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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