BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 4. Azerbaijan’s
Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field has produced around 87 million
barrels in the first three quarters of 2026, as compared to 89
million barrels in the same period in 2025, bp said in its latest
report.
As such, ACG’s production declined by 2.25 percent
year-on-year.
The report reveals that total ACG production for the first three
quarters of 2026 was on average about 320,000 barrels per day (b/d)
from the Chirag (18,800 b/d), Central Azeri (84,600 b/d), West
Azeri (72,000 b/d), East Azeri (45,700 b/d), Deepwater Gunashli
(46,700 b/d), West Chirag (25,300 b/d) and ACE (26,900 b/d)
platforms.
“At the end of September 2026, 154 oil wells were producing,
while 50 were used for water and 11 for gas injection,” said
bp.
Meanwhile, bp noted that as part of the ACG annual work program,
a planned maintenance program (turnaround - TAR) was successfully
implemented on the Central Azeri platform in August.
“During the TAR, production was reduced for six days to enable
maintenance, inspection and project work to be undertaken
efficiently, but was not fully suspended. The advanced technologies
deployed on our platforms enable us to continue producing safely
while maintenance activities are being carried out. This helps
minimize production impacts while maintaining safe and reliable
operations throughout the maintenance period. The program, which
was designed to maintain the long-term ability of the platform to
produce in a safe, reliable and environmentally sound way, was
completed safely and ahead of schedule,” the company said.
BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Limited is the operator on behalf
of the Contractor Parties to the ACG Production Sharing
Agreement.
ACG participating interests are: bp (operator - 30.37%), SOCAR
(35.30%), MOL (9.57%), INPEX (9.31%), ExxonMobil (6.79%), TPAO
(5.73%), ONGC Videsh (2.92%).
