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BP completes installation of drilling

modules of Central East Azeri platform

AZERBAIJAN BP announced the successful installation of drill- manage production at the ACG block, is pro-
ing modules on the topside deck of the Central ceeding according to plan. In 2017, we extended
The CEA project overall East Azeri (CEA) project's production platform. the ACG agreement until mid-century and
is now 75% complete. "Two drilling modules have been safely and remain committed to the safe, efficient and
efficiently installed on the CEA platform top- secure continued operation of the ACG block
sides block that is currently under construc- as a long-term energy partner for Azerbaijan,”
tion. A drilling support module weighing 2,350 said Bakhtiyar Aslanbeyli, BP Vice President for
tonnes, 43 metres long, 20 metres wide, and 20 Communications and External Relations in the
metres high is included in each of the two drill- Caspian region.
ing modules, as is a set of drilling equipment BP expects to begin production of the first oil
weighing 2,400 tonnes, 32 meters long, 22 metres under the CEA project by the end of 2023. Six
wide, and 80 metres high," BP-Azerbaijan, the production platforms are currently operating
operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli block on the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli block. The CEA
development project, said in a report. According project is the next stage in the development of
to BP, the modules were built at the Bibiheybat the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli block of fields.
production and assembly site. The goal of the project is to achieve peak daily
"The CEA project is now 75% completed and production of up to 100,000 barrels of oil and
at its peak. These works involve 5,000 people in 350,000 cubic feet of gas by drilling additional
Baku, Europe, and the United Kingdom, the vast wells and installing additional offshore facilities.
majority of whom are Azerbaijani citizens," BP On April 19, 2019, the shareholders of the
said. "The successful integration and hoisting of project to develop the block of ACG fields signed
the two drilling rigs on the topside deck of the the final investment decision on the CEA project
CEA platform is a great achievement on the way worth $6bn in Baku. The project provides for the
to the full completion of the Central East Azeri construction at a depth of 137 metres of a new
project," said Kahal Kelly, BP Vice President for production and drilling platform with a residen-
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, and Russia, Egypt, tial block between the platforms Central Azeri
and Oman, as quoted in the press release. and East Azeri. The contract for the development
“The commissioning of the CEA platform, of the Azeri, Chirag and deepwater Gunashli
which will support our efforts to effectively fields was signed in 1994. ™

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