据World Petroleum News网站9月20日巴库报道,阿塞拜疆国家石油公司(Socar)首席执行官罗夫纳格·阿卜杜拉耶夫日前在巴库接受媒体记者采访时表示,在目前的产量分成协议到期以后,英国石油公司(BP)将继续担任位于阿塞拜疆里海的一个关键油田的作业者。
阿卜杜拉耶夫说:“我们正在就BP在现有协议在2024年期满后延长其作为阿泽里-奇拉格-久涅什利(ACG)油田群作业者角色的有关条款进行讨论。”但他拒绝提供进一步细节。
阿卜杜拉耶夫的此番讲话表明BP与阿塞拜疆政府的紧张关系已得到缓和。3年前,阿塞拜疆总统阿利耶夫曾指责英国石油生产商的“严重错误”导致了ACG油田群石油产量的意外下滑。阿塞拜疆政府当时曾为ACG油田群考虑各种选项,其中包括让阿国油担任这个油田群的作业者。
负责开发ACG油田群的国际财团中的其他合作伙伴有雪佛龙、埃克森美孚、挪威国家石油公司、土耳其石油公司、日本伊藤忠公司、印度ONGC Videsh有限公司和阿塞拜疆国家石油公司。
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原文如下:
BP set to keep key Caspian oil fields after Azeri deal expires
World Energy News
9/20/2015
BAKU, Azerbaijan-- BP Plc is poised to continue as operator of a key Caspian oil-field complex after the current production-sharing deal expires, according to Azerbaijan’s state oil company.
“We are in talks” on the terms of BP extending its role as operator of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli, or ACG, fields when the existing agreement expires in 2024, Rovnaq Abdullayev, CEO of State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan, or Socar, told reporters in Baku on Friday. He declined to give further details.
Abdullayev’s comments signal a thawing in BP’s relations with the Azeri government, after President Ilham Aliyev three years ago blamed an unexpected decline in oil output from the ACG fields on “grave mistakes” by the British oil producer. Azerbaijan was considering various options for the ACG fields, including making Socar the operator.
Others in the development group include Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp., Statoil ASA, Turkiye Petrolleri AO, Itochu Corp., ONGC Videsh Ltd. and Socar.