Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Oil and Gas Complex (Azerbaijan)

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Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Oil and Gas Complex (Azəri-Çıraq-Günəşli) is an operating oil and gas complex in Azerbaijan.

The project consists of the following units:

• Azeri Oil and Gas Field (Azerbaijan)
• Chirag Oil and Gas Field (Azerbaijan)
• Guneshli Deepwater Oil and Gas Field (Azerbaijan)

Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Oil and Gas Complex is also sometimes referred to as Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) Deepwater.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Complex-level project details for Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Oil and Gas Complex

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli	Operating	BP Exploration (Caspian Si) Limited	SOCAR (25.0%); BP Exploration (Caspian Si) Limited (30.37%); INPEX Southwest Caspian Sea, Ltd. (9.31%); other (25.7%); MOL Group (9.57%)	1994	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Oil and Gas Complex

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	reserves	200000	million m³	2017	​
oil	reserves	7979.64	million bbl	2019	​

Table 3: Production from Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Oil and Gas Complex

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	3600	million bbl	2019
production	oil	132.5	million bbl/y	2023
production	oil	158.41	million bbl/y	2022
production	oil and gas condensate	400	million bbl/y	2019

Location

Table 4: Complex-level location details for Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Oil and Gas Complex

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Caspian	Offshore, Azerbaijan	Offshore	40.2197, 51.0977 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the complex:

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