Over the period of January October 2006, the Oil & Gas Production Department of the Production Unit Azneft of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has produced 6,544,791 tons of oil, which is less than the same period of last year by 0.2%, Trend reports.
The largest volume of oil was produced by OGPU 28 May, which develops the field Gunashli. Within 8 months, oil production in this field was reportedly 4,602,609 tons of oil which is less than last year by 2.4%.
The least volume of oil has been monitored in the field Muradkhanli. Over January-October 2006, 21,825 tons of oil was produced in this field, which is less by 14.3% as compared with last year.
At present, efforts in the production of the private oil of SOCAR are directed mainly towards retaining the existing volumes of reserves.
The summary table is of the actual and planned oil produced (tons) by Azneft over the period of January-October 2006:
Oil and Gas Production Department |
January-October fact |
% in regard to January-October 2005 |
28 May |
4602609.375 |
97,6 |
Neft Dashlari |
749744.000 |
109,6 |
Named after Narimanov |
383185.000 |
115,2 |
Balakhanineft |
179551.000 |
97,3 |
Gum Adasi |
139067.000 |
98,0 |
Apsheronneft |
142050.000 |
102,4 |
Bibi-Heybatneft |
117134.000 |
108,0 |
Surakhanineft |
44437.000 |
98,0 |
Named after A.Amirov |
68595.000 |
97,3 |
Bulla Deniz |
59396.000 |
113,3 |
Named after Tagiyev |
37198.000 |
105,0 |
Siyazanneft |
21825.000 |
85,7 |
Muradkhanli |
6544791.000 |
100,2 |