Shah Deniz increases gas production by 18% 

During the quarter of 2022, the Shah Deniz field continued to provide deliveries of gas to markets in Azerbaijan (to Azerkontrakt), Georgia (to GOGC), and Turkiye (to BOTAS), to the BTC Company in multiple locations and buyers in Europe, bp Azerbaijan told Report.

In the first three months of 2022, the field produced more than 6 billion standard cubic metres (bscm) of gas and more than 1 million tonnes (more than 9 million barrels) of condensate in total from the Shah Deniz Alpha and Shah Deniz Bravo platforms.

In comparison to a year earlier, the gas production from the field increased by 17.6%, and the condensate production – by 15.4%.

The existing Shah Deniz facilities’ production capacity is currently about 72 million standard cubic metres of gas per day or more than 26 bcma.

Shah Deniz participating interests are: bp (operator – 29.99%), LUKOIL (19.99%), TPAO (19.00%), SOCAR (14.35%), NICO (10.00%) and SGC (6.67%).