This year Azerbaijan will obtain 1.5 billion cu m of natural gas from the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli fields, Alikhan Malikov, the chairman of Azerigas JSC, told Trend. At present 5-6 million cu of gas is supplied to the gas system of Azerigas a day, he underlined.
Malikov said that gas admission to the gas transport system of Azerbaijan will be calculated from May 2006 when BP, a project operator, will set up gas pumping to stratum in Azeri field. At present preparations for the process is underway.процессу.
Earlier Р'Р intended to deliver up to 3 million cu m of associated gas from the ACG. However, later the decision was changed. BP insists to calculate the gas pumping from the beginning of this year.