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Oil and gas production increased in Azerbaijan in January-April
In January-April, 2020, Azerbaijan produced 12.4 million tons of oil (including condensate). The production of oil (including condensate) increased by 11 thousand tons compared to the same period a year before. "Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli" accounted for 8.6 million tons of oil (including condensate) produced in the country while "Shah Deniz" for 1.3 million tons (condensate). SOCAR's oil output amounted to 2.5 million tons.
Over the four months of current year, the volume of exported oil, including condensate, amounted to 10.2 million tons. This is 106 thousand tons less than in January-April 2019. 9.8 million tons of oil-condensate were exported by the consortium and 409,000 tons by SOCAR.
During the first four months of 2020, gas output amounted to 13.4 bcm, which increased by 15% (1.8 bcm) compared to the respective period of last year. 4.6 bcm of gas production extracted from ACG, while 6.4 bcm from Shah Deniz. SOCAR produced 2.4 bcm gas during this period.
During this period, gas sales amounted to 4.6 bcm, which was 13.5% more compared to the same period of last year. In the January-April, compared to the same period previous year 3.5 bcm (23.6 % more) gas was exported toTurkey. Gas exported to Georgia was 1.1 bcm. It should be noted that, during this period 1.3 bcm gas was exported to Turkey through TANAP. Since its commissioning till May 1, more than 5.1 bcm gas has been transported to Turkey via TANAP.
Since its commissioning till May 1, 535 million tons oil (including condensate), 293 bcm gas were extracted from "Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli" and "Shah Deniz". 538.7 million tons oil (including condensate), 81.6 bcm gas were transported from these fields.
Over the four months of 2020, Azerbaijan refined 2 013 thousand tons of oil. Oil refinery has been 32,6 thousand tons more in comparison with the relevant period of the previous year.