
MOL Signed Major Agreement in Azerbaijan to Develop Gas Reserves of the ACG Field
MOL Group and its Joint Venture (JV) partners signed commercial agreements for the development of gas reserves in Azerbaijan. After SOCAR and BP, MOL is the third largest shareholder in the giant ACG field, where non-associated gas reservoirs were identified beneath and above the producing oil reservoirs. The partners have …

BP Has Started Drilling a Second Production Well at the Azerbaijan’s ACG
British BP, the technical operator of the Azeri–Chirag–Guneshli (ACG) offshore project in Azerbaijan, has begun drilling a second well at the field from the Azeri Central East offshore platform. Oil began to be pumped from the first well in April, now the production volume is 8 thousand barrels, Interfax writes. …

Indian Ongc Videsh Acquired a Share in the Field in the Caspian Sea
The total investment will be up to $60 million Indian state oil and gas company ONGC Videsh has signed an agreement to purchase from Norway’s Equinor a 0.615% stake in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) offshore oil field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. The company announced this in a …

Italian Saipem Will Carry Out Work at Shah Deniz and ACG for $300 Million
BP has signed a $300 million contract with a consortium led by Italy’s Saipem for work on the Shah Deniz and Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) offshore projects in Azerbaijan. Under the contract, Saipem, in cooperation with BOS Shelf and BOS Shelf International, FZCO agreed with the operator of Azerbaijani projects BP on …

British BP Announced the Start of Oil Production from a New Offshore Platform in Azerbaijan
The British company expects production at ACE to reach about 24 thousand barrels per day in 2024. The British company BP announced the start of oil production from a new platform in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. “As part of the development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field, the …

Equinor Expects To Close The Deal To Sell Assets To SOCAR In Azerbaijan In Mid-2024
Norwegian Equinor plans to close the deal to sell SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) its assets in Azerbaijan in mid-2024. “The closure (of the transaction – IF) is expected in mid-2024,” Interfax-Azerbaijan cites excerpts from Equinor’s integrated annual report for 2023. In its fourth-quarter 2023 report released in February, …

BP Plans To Drill 12 Production Wells At ACG In 2024
BP-Azerbaijan plans to drill 12 production wells in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field block in 2024, said BP Vice President for Wells in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey Jim O’Leary. “In 2024, it is planned to drill 18 wells on the ACG block, including 12 production wells, 3 water injection wells, 2 …

BP Began A Five-Year 4D Seismic Program At ACG Worth $370 Million
On January 20, 2024, BP began implementing a four-dimensional (4D) seismic exploration program at the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field block in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea. “Taking into account the area of the study area, the cost and timing of seismic research, this project is the largest seismic data …

Commercial Gas Production in Azerbaijan Will Reach Peak in 2025 – Jabbarov
Commercial gas production in Azerbaijan will reach a peak of 36 billion cubic meters in 2025, Economy Minister Mikail Jabbarov said. “As for commercial gas, its production in 2025 will reach its peak and amount to 36 billion cubic meters,” Jabbarov said on Thursday when the parliamentary committee on economic …

BP to Send Topsides of New Platform at ACG Block to Sea in June
The dispatch to the sea of the topsides of the Central East Azeri platform at the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) block of fields is scheduled for June, Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli, BP Vice President for Communications and External Relations in the Caspian and Middle East region, said. “The upper blocks have already been loaded …