Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 3

16-January-2006

CASPIAN

AIOC Brings West Azeri Oilfield On-Stream, Azerbaijan Crude Oil Output Jumps

BP, lead partner in the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), on 5 January announced that crude oil production at the offshore Caspian West Azeri oilfield had come on-stream. Output began from the first of three pre-drilled production wells on 30 December and arrived at the onshore oil and gas processing terminal at Sangachal on 3 January via a...