ACG production down by over 6% 

During the third quarter of 2023, Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli (ACG) continued to safely and reliably deliver stable production, Report informs, citing bp.

Total ACG production for the first three quarters was on average about 368,000 barrels per day (b/d) (about 100 million barrels or 14 million tonnes in total) from the Chirag (23,000 b/d), Central Azeri (96,000 b/d), West Azeri (89,000 b/d), East Azeri (59,000 b/d), Deepwater Gunashli (67,000 b/d) and West Chirag (34,000 b/d) platforms. The production from ACG was 1 million tonnes, or 6.67%, less than the previous year.

At the end of the third quarter, 136 oil wells were producing, while 45 were used for water and eight for gas injection. In the first three quarters of 2023, ACG completed six oil producer, five water injector and one gas injector wells.

ACG participating interests are: bp (30.37%), SOCAR (25.0%), MOL (9.57%), INPEX (9.31%), Equinor (7.27%), ExxonMobil (6.79%), TPAO (5.73%), ITOCHU (3.65%), ONGCVidesh (2.31%).