The Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) has suspended temporarily producing oil and the associated gas from the platform on the central part of the Azeri field, installed in the framework of the Azeri-Chirag-Gyuneshli (ACG) development project, Р'Р Azerbaijan (operating the ACG project) told Trend.
The production from the field dropped from 240,000-250,000 barrels of oil a day to 170,000 barrels. It occurred, as the company notes, at the result of the scheduled halt for clearing from the scum of two heating plants for oil separation at the Sangachal oil terminal. The works will go on till 31 January, after which production will be resumed in the usual mode.