Bahar Oil and Gas Project (Azerbaijan)

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Bahar Oil and Gas Project is an operating oil and gas project in Azerbaijan.

The project consists of the following units:

• Bahar Oil and Gas Field (Azerbaijan)
• Gum Deniz Oil Field (Azerbaijan)

Bahar Oil and Gas Project is also sometimes referred to as Bahar Gum Deniz.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for Bahar Oil and Gas Project

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
Bahar	Operating	Bahar Energy Operating Company	Bahar Energy (80.0%); SOCAR (20.0%)	–	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Bahar Oil and Gas Project

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

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	reserves	991080.28	million m³	2016	​
oil	reserves	7000	million bbl	2016	​

Location

Table 3: Project-level location details for Bahar Oil and Gas Project

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Azerbaijan	Offshore	40.324, 49.969 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the project:

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Additional Data

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