Declining production at the ACG field - CAUSE

Next year, BP expects losses of about 8,000 barrels of oil per day at the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field due to restrictions related to sand production.

As reported by BAKU.WS with reference to Report, this was stated by BP's regional president for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, Giovanni Cristofoli, at the SPE-2025 Caspian Technical Conference in Baku.

According to him, modern technologies and innovations are necessary to ensure stable production at ACG and maintain export supplies to Europe and other markets.

"The demand for technology is very high. Recently, BP's head of technology visited Baku, and we showed her our key challenges - in Sangachal and at sea. We need increasingly longer horizontal wells, and we don't fully understand yet how to drill them optimally. Sand is a serious problem. Next year, we forecast losses of 8,000 barrels per day specifically due to restrictions related to sand management," noted G. Cristofoli.