SOCAR Grows Impact in Caspian Bowl with Equinor Arrangement
Equinor will sell a 7.27% interest in the ACG fields, a 8.71% stake in the BTC pipeline, and half in the Karabagh field to SOCAR.
The ACG oil fields, worked by BP, are the biggest in the Azeri area of the Caspian bowl and pivotal to Azerbaijan’s oil yield.
The exchange’s conclusion is forthcoming administrative and legally binding endorsements, denoting a critical change in the district’s energy scene.
Equinor is leaving Azerbaijan by selling all its oil and gas resources there to Azeri state energy firm SOCAR, the Norwegian major said on Friday.
For an undisclosed total, Equinor will strip every one of its resources in Azerbaijan, which remember a 7.27% non-worked interest for the immense Azeri Chirag Gunashli (ACG) oil fields in the Caspian Ocean, a 8.71% interest in the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, and half in the Karabagh field.
SOCAR as of now holds a 25.0% stake in ACG, a 25.0% interest in BTC by means of Azerbaijan BTC Restricted, and half in Karabagh.
The end of the exchange is dependent upon the fulfillment of specific circumstances including all administrative and authoritative endorsements, the Norwegian organization said.
“Equinor is currently re-molding its global oil and gas business, and the divestments in Azerbaijan are in accordance with our system to concentrate our worldwide portfolio,” said Philippe Mathieu, Equinor’s leader VP for worldwide investigation and creation.
Azeri Chirag Gunashli (ACG) is the biggest oilfield in the Azeri area of the Caspian bowl and is worked by UK oil and gas supermajor BP.
Recently, BP said it had begun boring the main creation well from another stage fostering the following $6-billion phase of the monster field in the Caspian Ocean in Azerbaijan.
The $6 billion Expert venture is the following progressive phase of the goliath ACG field in the Caspian Ocean. The Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli (ACG) field is situated around 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Baku and is the biggest oilfield in the Azerbaijan area of the Caspian bowl.
The new stage and offices are intended to handle up to 100,000 barrels of oil each day (bpd) and the venture is supposed to deliver up to 300 million barrels over its lifetime, BP says.
The new venture was authorized in April 2019 and was the main significant speculation choice by the ACG organization following the augmentation of the ACG Creation Sharing Arrangement (public service announcement) to 2049, concurred in 2017.
