BP: Shah Deniz produced 2.32 bn standard cm of gas and about 0.6 m t of condensate in Q1

Baku, May 19 (AzerTAc). “During the first three months, Shah Deniz field produced 2.32 billion standard cubic metres (about 82 billion cubic feet) of gas and about 0.6 million tonnes (4.44 million barrels) of condensate or about 26 million cubic metres of gas per day (over 909 million standard cubic feet per day) and 49,330 b/d of condensate,” BP has said in its report. “Since the start of Shah Deniz production in late 2006 until the end of the first quarter 2014, about 50.3bcm (1,775 billion standard cubic feet) of Shah Deniz gas, and about 104 million barrels (over 13 million tonnes) of Shah Deniz condensate has been produced.” The company said: “As a result of debottlenecking of existing facilities in 2013, Shah Deniz Stage 1 capacity was increased to 966 million standard cubic feet per day and approximately 55,000 barrels per day of condensate. The Shah Deniz partners have also agreed terms with SOCAR for further expansion of production capacity to around 1,040 million standard cubic feet per day by the end of 2014.”