Baku / 14.09.17 / Turan: Today in Baku a contract was signed for the development of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) field block in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea until 2050.
This agreement will allow the further development of the ACG block, which currently produces 620,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
It is expected that 40 billion dollars will be invested in the project in the next 32 years. SOCAR's share in the project is doubled and brought to 25 percent. In addition, the company will receive about $ 3.6 billion in bonuses.
The share participation of other companies in the new contract will be as follows:
British BP (30.37% -operator), American Chevron (9.56%) and ExxonMobil (6.79%), Indian ONGC (2.31%), Japanese Inpex Corp. (9.31%) and Itochu Oil (3.65%), Norwegian Statoil (7.27%), and Turkish TPAO (5.73%).-06в14--
Energy
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On November 23, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to improve governance in electricity and water supply management and address related issues. According to the decree, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan must take necessary steps within a month to transfer the functions of the State Energy Agency of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) to the state-owned companies Azerenergy (the state monopoly for electricity production and transportation) and “Azerishig” (the state monopoly for electricity distribution).
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