6.7 bln m3 of commercial gas produced at 'Shah Deniz' and 'ACG' fields in 2016

Baku. 28 July. REPORT.AZ/ In the first half of this year, 71.6% of Azerbaijan's commercial gas production accounts for BP-Azerbaijan-operated fields.

Report informs citing Natural Gas Europe, an official, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: 'The company produced 6.71 bln m³ of commercial gas in the period, which was down by 590 mln m³ on the same period last year'.

Notably, Azerbaijan produced about 9.363 bln m³ of commercial gas in the first half of this year, down 8.8% year-on-year.

BP is the operator of Azerbaijan's 'Shah Deniz' gas field, as well as 'Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli' (ACG) block.

The source states that BP had injected more gas into ACG to maintain oil output. According to him, the company delivered only 1.31 bln m³ of commercial associated gas from 'ACG' to Azerbaijan in the period – down about 37.6% – and the rest of the gas produced from this block was re-injected into oil wells.

Coming to 'Shah Deniz', he said that 5.4 bln m³ gas produced from this field: 'This indicates 3.8% growth year-on-year and daily production hit a new record above 30 mln m³. The current output was on target for the year as a whole'.