BP halts work at West Azeri platform for maintenance

West Azeri, one of the six platforms at Azerbaijan’s largest oil deposit of Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG), will remain shut for about three weeks, according to Tamam Bayatly, a spokesman for BP Azerbaijan.

The shutdown will enable BP to carry out efficient maintenance and inspection of the platform, she said.

West Azeri produced on average 129,000 barrels of oil a day during the first three months of the year, according to a BP statement last week.

The operation of the five other platforms will not be affected during the period.

Export operations via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC), Baku-Supsa and South Caucasus pipelines will continue as normal.

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