BAKU, May 13 (Reuters) - Crude oil and condensate productionin Azerbaijan rose to 14.2 million tonnes in the first fourmonths of 2015 from 13.6 million a year earlier, a source at theState Statistics Committee said on Wednesday.
The source, who declined to be named because he is notauthorised to talk to the media, said rising oil output at themain Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli (ACG) oilfields operated byBritain's BP had led the overall increase.
The source added that natural gas production fell to 9.7billion cubic metres (bcm) in January-April from 10.2 bcm a yearearlier due to a decline in production by state energy companySOCAR.
Crude oil and condensate production in Azerbaijan fell to41.9 million tonnes last year from 43.1 million in 2013. Naturalgas output was 29.2 bcm in 2014.
Falling output at the ACG oilfields has been a cause ofconcern in Baku.
BP and its partner, SOCAR, tried to calm those worries in2013, saying production had stabilised. Total oil output rose in2013 for the first time since 2011, but the decline resumed in2014.
Azerbaijan plans to produce 40.3 million tonnes of oil and29 bcm of gas in 2015. (Reporting by Nailia Bagirova; writing by Margarita Antidze;editing by Jason Neely)