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BAKU, May 12 (Reuters) - British oil major BP willsuspend operations at one of its platforms in the Caspian Seafor planned maintenance, a spokeswoman for BP Azerbaijan said onTuesday.
Operations would be suspended for three weeks at the end ofMay at BP's West Azeri platform, she said.
A source at the Azeri state energy company SOCAR also toldReuters about planned maintenance at another platform in theCaspian Sea at the end of this month.
Crude oil and condensate production in Azerbaijan rose to10.6 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2015 from 10.4million tonnes in the same period last year.
Rising oil output at the main Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli(ACG) oilfields operated by BP had been the reason for theoverall increase.
Crude oil and condensate production in Azerbaijan fell to41.9 million tonnes last year from 43.1 million tonnes in 2013.Natural gas output was 29.2 billion cubic metres (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 lastyear.
Azerbaijan plans to produce 40.3 million tonnes of oil and29 bcm of gas in 2015. (Reporting by Nailia Bagirova; Writing by Katya Golubkova andMargarita Antidze; Editing by Mark Potter)