BP Attempts to Sooth SOCAR and Azeri Ire
BP Plc Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley agreed to work closely with the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan at a Caspian Sea oil field where Azeri President Ilham Aliyev blamed the U.K. producer for declining output, reported Zulfugar Agayev. Dudley met with Rovnaq Abdullayev, the CEO of Socar, as the …
Problems and Solutions for Shelf Projects in the Caspian Sea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov
The Russian government views the southern shelf region as a crucial area of hydrocarbon reserves which should be developed in the near future. The offshore production will offset the production decline in the traditional oil and gas producing regions in Western Siberia and the Volga-Urals. However, the development of the …
BP Boosts Azeri Investments
BP Plc plans to step up investments in its oil and gas projects in Azerbaijan in 2012, drilling more wells and developing production at existing fields, the company’s regional office said on Thursday. The BP-Azerbaijan AIOC group said in a statement it plans to invest $3.2 billion in the Chirag, …