BP plans to shut down West Azeri platform for work

The planned maintenance will take three weeks.

West Azeri is part of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) block of fields. It produced on average 149,000 barrels of oil a day last year.

ACG is Azerbaijan’s largest oil deposit with six platforms. It provides nearly 80 percent of the total crude output.

BP leads the project with a 35.8 percent stake. Its partners include Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR, Statoil, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, TPAO, Itochu and ONGC Videsh.