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BAKU, April 21 (Reuters) - Oil production in Azerbaijan
stood at 8.8 million tonnes in the first three months of the
year, slightly down from a year ago, the Azeri energy ministry
said on Wednesday.
The ministry said that oil output was down by 0.5 million
tonnes from the same period a year ago. It added that 5.9
million tonnes of the total were extracted by the
Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli project led by British oil major BP
.
State oil company SOCAR produced another 1.9 million tonnes
and the remainder consisted of gas condensate, the ministry
said.
Oil and condensate exports were down 320,000 tonnes to 7.3
million tonnes in January-March 2021, the ministry said. Natural
gas exports were around 5 billion cubic metres, or 39.5% higher
than a year ago.
The volume of Azeri gas exported to Turkey rose nearly 16%
to 3 billion cubic metres in the first three months of the year,
the ministry said.
(Reporting by Nailia Bagirova; Writing by Alexander Marrow;
Editing by Andrew Heavens and Elaine Hardcastle)