In January to August 2006 the oil and gas producing units of Azneft have produced 2,631,422 cu. m. of gas, a 4.1% increase from last year, Trend reports.
The largest gas volume has been lifted by 28 May OGPU, which is involved in the development of Gunashli field. It holds the major volume of oil and gas of SOCAR. In January to August 2006 1, 710,520 cu.m. of gas was lifted, 9.4% more than in 2005.
The least amount of gas and oil production was observed in the Muradkhanly field, where 400,000 cu. m. of gas has been produced in January to August 2006, similar to last years figure.
The considerable lag in gas production was observed in Balakhanineft, where 6,338 cu. m. of gas was lifted, a 42.1% decrease from last year. Despite, SOCARs success at maintaining their target of the existing volumes in the gas production, they are keen to supersede this by the drilling of new wells, as well as the collection of higher gas pressure.
This is a comparative table of the actual and planned gas production by Azneft in January to August 2006 (in cu. m.):
|
Oil and gas producing units (OGPU) |
Jan-Aug, fact -Aug, fact |
% in respect to Jan-to Aug 2005 |
|
28 May May |
1710520 |
109,4 |
|
Neft Dashlari |
34740 |
100,0 |
|
Narimanov |
356450 |
102,6 |
|
Balakhanineft |
6338 |
57,9 |
|
Gum Adasi |
208160 |
88,1 |
|
Absheronneft |
25675 |
94,8 |
|
Bibi-Heybat |
14460 |
99,8 |
|
Surakhanineft |
4450 |
73,1 |
|
Amirov |
28617 |
123,3 |
|
Bulla-Deniz |
224172 |
91,2 |
|
Tagyev |
6260 |
97,1 |
|
Siyazanneft |
11180 |
91,9 |
|
Muradkhanly |
400 |
100,0 |
|
Units of Azneft of Azneft |
2631422 |
104,1 |