ACG produces 20 million tonnes of oil this year

During the first three quarters of the year, Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Guneshli (ACG) continued to safely and reliably deliver stable production, Report informs citing BP-Azerbaijan.

Total ACG production for the first nine months of 2019 was on average about 541,000 barrels per day (b/d) (about 148 million barrels or 20 million tonnes in total) from the Chirag (41,000 b/d), Central Azeri (133,000 b/d), West Azeri (121,000 b/d), East Azeri (92,000 b/d), Deepwater Gunashli (95,000 b/d) and West Chirag (59,000 b/d) platforms.

At the end of the third quarter, 124 oil wells were producing, while 42 wells were used for water and seven for gas injection.

By the end of the third quarter, ACG completed nine oil producer wells.

ACG participating interests are: BP (30.37 per cent), SOCAR (25.0 per cent), Chevron (9.57 per cent), INPEX (9.31 per cent), Equinor (7.27 per cent), ExxonMobil (6.79 per cent), TPAO (5.73 per cent), ITOCHU (3.65 per cent), ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) (2.31 per cent).

BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Limited is the operator on behalf of the Contractor Parties to the ACG Production Sharing Agreement.