(Corrects to make clear forecast is for average output)
BAKU, Jan 29 (Reuters) - BP said on Wednesday it hadextracted first oil at the rate of 6,000 barrels per day at itsoffshore West Chirag platform in Azerbaijan.
Gordon Birrell, an official at BP Azerbaijan, also said thatthe company plans to reach an average production of 60,000barrels per day, or 3 million tonnes, at the Caspian platformthis year. (Reporting by Nailia Bagirova; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin;editing by Jane Baird)