BAKU, Sept 7 (Reuters) - British oil major BP expectsflat oil output in Azerbaijan in 2017 and will adhere to an oiloutput freeze, if the Azeri government takes such a decision,the company's regional manager said on Wednesday.
"We can't expect a rise in oil production next year, butexpect that it will remain stable, at the previous level,"Gordon Birrell, head of BP in Azerbaijan, told reporters.
"If the government of Azerbaijan takes a decision on oilfreeze, we will join this decision."
BP operates three main oilfields in Azerbaijan -Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG). Oil output from these oilfields inthe first half of 2016 rose to 16 million tonnes (655,000barrels per day) from 641,000 bpd in the same period last year,BP-Azerbaijan said on Aug. 23. (Reporting by Nailia Bagirova; writing by Margarita Antidze;editing by Dmitry Solovyov)