Azeri Central East 与安装在巴库海岸 ACG 油田的其他六个海上平台一起，该油田自 1997 年以来一直在生产，迄今为止已产出超过 43 亿桶石油

BP 预计 ACE 平台的产量到 2024 年将增至约 24,000 桶/日。 （来源：英国石油公司）

英国石油公司 (BP) 已开始从位于里海阿塞拜疆部分的阿塞拜疆-奇拉格-古纳什利 (ACG) 油田的价值 60 亿美元的新阿塞拜疆中东 (ACE) 平台生产石油。

Azeri Central East 与 ACG 油田已安装的其他六个海上平台一起，该油田自 1997 年以来一直在生产。迄今为止，位于巴库海岸的阿塞拜疆海上油田已产出超过 43 亿桶石油。

ACE项目的开发于2019年4月获得批准，是自2014年West Chirag平台启动以来第一个上线的平台。

英国石油公司在里海运营着另外两个平台，为 Shah Deniz 气田提供服务。

ACE 平台及其相关设施的设计处理能力高达每天 100,000 桶石油 (bpd)，该项目预计在其运营生命周期内产量约为 3 亿桶。

该48槽生产、钻井和宿舍平台位于中阿塞拜疆和东阿塞拜疆平台中间，水深137m。

其夹克重16,000吨，高153m。该平台设有三根生产立管，一根用于注水，一根用于石油出口，一根用于天然气出口。

BP 项目高级副总裁 Ewan Drummond 表示：“我对 bp 团队安全交付第一个完全由陆上控制的 bp 运营的海上平台感到无比自豪。这为我们公司和更广泛的行业的创新工程和有竞争力的项目交付树立了新的基准。”

石油在平台上进行加工，然后通过新建的现场管道输送约 130 公里至陆上的 Sangachal 码头，并与现有的 30 英寸海底出口线路相连。

ACE 的初始石油产量来自于去年底从该平台钻探的第一口井。

随着另外两口计划井的钻探、完井并投入运营，ACE 的产量预计到 2024 年将增至约 24,000 桶/日。

BP是ACG项目的运营商，持股30.37%。其合作伙伴包括SOCAR (25%)、MOL (9.57%)、INPEX (9.31%)、Equinor (7.27%)、埃克森美孚 (6.79%)、TPAO (5.73%)、伊藤忠商事 (3.65%)、ONGC Videsh (2.31%) ）。

Azeri Central East joins six other offshore platforms installed on the ACG field off the coast of Baku, which has been producing since 1997 and has yielded more than 4.3 billion barrels of oil to date

BP expects production from the ACE platform to ramp up through 2024, to approximately 24,000bpd. (Credit: BP p.l.c.)

BP has started production of oil from the new $6bn Azeri Central East (ACE) platform on the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in the Azerbaijan part of the Caspian Sea.

Azeri Central East joins six other offshore platforms that were already installed on the ACG field, which has been producing since 1997. To date, the offshore Azerbaijani field, located off the coast of Baku, has yielded more than 4.3 billion barrels of oil.

The development of the ACE project was approved in April 2019. It is the first platform to come online since the start-up of the West Chirag platform in 2014.

BP operates two more platforms in the Caspian Sea, which serve the Shah Deniz gas field.

The ACE platform and its associated facilities are engineered to handle a capacity of up to 100,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), with the project anticipated to yield approximately 300 million barrels throughout its operational lifespan.

The 48-slot production, drilling and quarters platform sits midway between the Central Azeri and East Azeri platforms in a water depth of 137m.

Its jacket has a weight of 16,000 tonnes and a height of 153m. The platform houses three production risers, one for water injection, one for oil export, and one for gas export.

BP projects senior vice president Ewan Drummond said: “I’m incredibly proud of the team at bp for safely delivering the first bp-operated offshore platform fully controlled from onshore. This establishes a new benchmark for innovative engineering and competitive project delivery for our company and the wider industry.”

Oil undergoes processing on the platform before being transported roughly 130km via a newly established in-field pipeline to the Sangachal terminal onshore, connected to an existing 30″ subsea export line.

Initial oil production from ACE is from the first well that was drilled from the platform towards the end of last year.

Production from ACE is projected to ramp up through 2024, to approximately 24,000bpd as two additional planned wells are drilled, completed, and integrated into operations.

BP is the operator of the ACG project with a stake of 30.37%. Its partners include SOCAR (25%), MOL (9.57%), INPEX (9.31%), Equinor (7.27%), ExxonMobil (6.79%), TPAO (5.73%), ITOCHU (3.65%), ONGC Videsh (2.31%).