ECONOMY
Total ACG production for first three quarters amounted to 100 million barrels
Baku, November 2, AZERTAC
“During the third quarter of 2023, ACG continued to safely and reliably deliver stable production. 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,” bp said in its report for the third quarter of 2023.
“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.
During the three quarters, ACG delivered an average of around 5.5 million cubic metres per day of ACG associated gas to the state of Azerbaijan (1.5 billion cubic metres in total), primarily at the Sangachal terminal but also to SOCAR’s Oil Rocks facility. The remainder of the associated gas produced was re-injected for reservoir pressure maintenance,” the company added.