BP is completely true to Azerbaijan, the Manager of Public Relations of BP-Azerbaijan Tamam Bayatli commented on yesterday's statement by the President of Azerbaijan for Turan. The President said "BP is to blame for reducing production of oil in the country."
She said BP is working in close collaboration with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan, to stabilize production at the offshore block Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli shortly.
Note that the peak production of Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli took place in 2010, when it produced 40.6 million tons of oil (823 thousand barrels on daily average), in 2011 the production volume decreased to the level of 35.4 million tons (daily average - 717.6 thousand barrels). Forecast for the current year is 35.6 million tons, but given the current production rate, the expected level of production is 33 million tons (daily average - about 670 thousand barrels).
* The PSA-type contract to develop the block Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli was signed on 20 September 1994 and approved by the Parliament on December 12 of that year. The contract period is 30 years with a possible extension of 5 years. Production at the ACG contract area began on 7 November 1997. By the beginning of September 2012 they extracted from the depths about 2.1 billion barrels of oil. The total recoverable reserve in the block, on the latest estimates of Azerbaijani geologists, is 8.8 billion barrels. - 12B
Politics
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On November 28, the Tbilisi City Court ruled to extradite Afgan Sadigov, the head of the website Azel.TV, to Azerbaijan. This was reported by his wife Sevinj Sadigova. The defense will appeal the court's decision.
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The leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), Ali Kerimli, has stated that his internet blockade has become more severe. “For almost five years, I have been under an internet blockade. But recently, it has taken on an openly blatant and shameless form,” Kerimli said during a press conference today.
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On November 27, an online hearing took place at the Khatai District Court regarding a petition from the defense for the release of Alaskar Mammadli, the founder of Toplum TV, under house arrest. Mammadli has been in custody at Baku’s Detention Center No. 1. The court denied the petition, Mammadli's brother, Nasimi Mammadli.
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On November 28, another hearing took place in the case of public activist Ilhamiz Guliyev. During the proceedings, the court reviewed a response from the 28th Police Station of the Yasamal District in Baku. At the previous hearing, the defense had requested that the court obtain footage from the surveillance cameras at this police station, where Guliyev was taken on December 4 of last year. However, the police response stated that the video footage had not been preserved.
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