BP ceases using Central Azeri platform for planned operations in Azerbaijan |
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(Trend) -- BP,
the operator developing the block of offshore fields Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli in
Azerbaijan, has recently stopped work on the Central Azeri platform, which is
part of the technical maintenance programme of three extractive platforms in the
Caspian Sea, the company told Trend on Monday. The platform will be commissioned
in mid-December. Prior to this the company had held tests and commissioned the
Eastern Azeri and Western Azeri platforms.
According to the plan, the production on the three platforms, Eastern Azeri,
Western Azeri and Central Azeri will be suspended in a planned sequence to
ensure efficient technical maintenance. The company stressed that the work is
not going to be stopped on all three platforms simultaneously. When working on
one, the other two platforms located on the Azeri field will continue working.
This is part of a daily technical maintenance programme which is on-going. The planning in connection with this and other maintenance work carried out
earlier this year began a year ago and included in the annual programme of
operations and budget.
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The Azeri technical maintenance programme includes general, mechanical,
instrumentation and other work. The production from other platforms, under the BP management - Chirag,
Deep-Guneshli (both - parts of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli) and Shah Deniz, as
well as export transactions through the South Caucasus Gas Pipeline
(Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum) and the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline will continue as
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The BTC pipeline and Sangachal terminal will continue working as normal by
coordinating the on-going production process at the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli and
Shah Deniz fields. The shipment in Ceyhan will continue as scheduled. It
reflects the reduction of the volume resulting from planned technical
maintenance and cessation of work of the platforms in the Azeri field.
ACG participating interests are: BP (operator - 37. 4 %), Chevron (11.3 %),
SOCAR (10 %), INPEX (11 %), Statoil (8.6 %), ExxonMobil (8 %), TPAO
(6.7 %), ITOCHU (4.3 %), Hess (2.7%).
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