Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan

06/10/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/10/2022 06:13

During the 5 months, 13.9 million tons of oil and 19.6 bcm of gas were produced in the country

According to the operative data, Azerbaijan produced 13.9 million tons of oil (including condensate) in January-May 2022.
Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli accounted for 8.8 million tons of oil produced in the republic while Shah Deniz for 1.9 million tons (condensate). SOCAR's oil output amounted to 3,2 million tons (including condensate).
The volume of exported oil, including condensate, amounted to 11,4 million tons. Out of this, consortium accounts for nearly 10.7 million tons, SOCAR for 696 thousand tons.
During the 5 months of this year, gas output amounted to 19.6 bcm. 5.8 bcm of gas production extracted from ACG, while 10.6 bcm from Shah Deniz. SOCAR produced 3.2 bcm gas during this period. Gas was transported with an increase of approximately 2.6 bcm, namely 15.3 percent compared to the relevant period last year.
During this period, gas sales amounted to 9.4 bcm, which was 27.0% more compared to the same period previous year. In January-May this year, 3.6 billion cubic meters of gas was sold to Turkey, 4.5 billion cubic meters to Europe and 1.3 billion cubic meters to Georgia. During this period, the BTC pipeline system was supplied with 45 million cubic meters of gas. It should be noted that, during this period nearly 2.4 bcm gas was exported to Turkey through TANAP.
Since its commissioning till 1 June 2022, nearly 591.6 million tons oil (including condensate) were extracted from Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli and Shah Deniz. 553.3 million tons of oil were extracted from ACG, while 36,3 million tons condensate from Shah Deniz. Since their commissioning till 1 June 2022, 591 million tons oil (including condensate) were exported from Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli and Shah Deniz.
Since their commissioning till 1 June 2022, nearly 195.9 billion tons oil (including condensate) were extracted from Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli and 168 bcm from Shah Deniz. During this period, more than 116 bcm gas were exported from Shah Deniz.
Azerbaijan refined 2.3 million tons of oil in January- May 2022.