Sangachal terminal increases export of Shah Deniz gas 

In the first quarter of 2021, oil and gas from ACG and Shah Deniz continued to flow via subsea pipelines to the Sangachal terminal, BP-Azerbaijan told Report.

During the quarter, the Sangachal terminal exported more than 60 million barrels of oil and condensate, which is down by 6 million or 9.09% from the previous year. This included about 52 million barrels through Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) and over 8 million barrels through the Western Route Export Pipeline (WREP).

On average, over 56 million standard cubic metres (more than 1,987 million standard cubic feet) of Shah Deniz gas was exported from the terminal daily in the first quarter of 2021, up 5 million cubic meters or 187 million cubic feet from the first quarter of 2020.

The daily capacity of the terminal’s processing systems is currently 1.2 million barrels of crude oil and condensate, and about 85 million standard cubic metres of Shah Deniz gas, while overall processing and export capacity for gas, including ACG associated gas, is around 105 million standard cubic metres per day.

Gas is exported via the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP), the South Caucasus Pipeline expansion system, and via SOCAR gas pipelines connecting the terminal’s gas processing facilities with Azerigas’s national grid system.