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'''Azeri''' ([[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]: ''Azəri'') is an offshore [[oil field]] in the [[Caspian Sea]], located {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]] and is a part of the larger [[Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli]]  (ACG) project. The Azeri field includes ''Central Azeri'', ''West Azeri'', ''East Azeri'' production platforms compression and water injection platform (C&WP).<ref name=BP>[http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9006667&contentId=7015091 Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli. The largest oil field under development in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian basin.]</ref>  The field was discovered in 1988 and originally it was named after [[26 Baku Commissars]].<ref name=zonn>
{{cite book
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fvqYSoRvAI4C&pg=PA57
 | title = The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia
 | first1 = Igor S.| last1 = Zonn
 | first2 = Aleksey N. | last2 = Kosarev
 | first3 = Michael H.  | last3 = Glantz
 | first4 = Andrey G. | last4 = Kostianoy
 | publisher = [[Springer Science+Business Media]]
 | page = 57
 | year = 2010
 | isbn = 9783642115240
}}</ref>

==Central Azeri==
Central Azeri is a [[Drilling and production platform|production, drilling and quarters]] (PDQ) platform located in nearly {{convert|128|m|ft|abbr=on}} depth of water in the central part of the Azeri field. The platform is constructed to produce approximately {{convert|420000|oilbbl/d|abbr=on}}.
The facilities on Central Azeri include:
*a 48-slot PDQ platform
*a {{convert|30|in|mm|adj=on}} oil pipeline from the platform to the receiving [[Sangachal terminal]]
*a {{convert|28|in|mm|adj=on}} gas pipeline from the platform to Sangachal terminal.
Central Azeri has started its operations in February 2005<ref name=BP/>

==West Azeri==
West Azeri is a [[Drilling and production platform|production, drilling and quarters]] (PDQ) platform located in {{convert|120|m|ft|abbr=on}} depth of water and was constructed to produce oil from western section of Azeri field. West Azeri adds {{convert|300000|oilbbl/d|abbr=on}} to the overall ACG production.<ref>
{{cite news
 | url= http://www.rigzone.com/NEWS/article.asp?a_id=28317
 | title= BP Begins Production at West Azeri Field in the Caspian Sea
 | publisher= Rigzone
 | author = 
 | date= 01-05-2006
 | accessdate=2009-12-09
}}</ref>
The facilities on West Azeri include:
*a 48-slot PDQ platform
*a {{convert|30|in|mm|adj=on}} oil pipeline from the platform to receiving Sangachal terminal
The platform has started its operations in December 2005.<ref name=BP/>

==East Azeri==
[[File:EAST AZERI - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|East Azeri oil platform, May 2008]]
East Azeri is a [[Drilling and production platform|production, drilling and quarters]] (PDQ) platform located in {{convert|150|m|ft|abbr=on}} depth of water and was constructed to produce oil from eastern section of Azeri field. East Azeri produces {{convert|260000|oilbbl/d|abbr=on}}.
The facilities on East Azeri include:
*a 48-slot PDQ platform<ref name=BP/>
The platform has started its operations in October 2006.<ref>
{{cite press release
 |url=http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7024304 
 |title=Production Begins at East Azeri in the Caspian Sea 
 |publisher=[[BP]] 
 |date=2006-10-23 
 |accessdate=2009-12-09 
 |deadurl=yes 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608082040/http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7024304 
 |archivedate=2011-06-08 
 |df= 
}}</ref>

==Compression and water injection platform (C&WP)==
The C&WP supplies Central, West and East Azeri platforms with water and gas injection services, manages gas export and provides electrical power using 10 Rolls Royce turbines. The platform is bridge linked to Central Azeri platform.<ref name=BP/>

Gas injection capacity at C&WP is {{convert|1|e9cuft/d|abbr=off}} utilizing 5&nbsp;gas injection wells. Water injection capacity is {{convert|1|Moilbbl/d|abbr=off}} utilizing 12&nbsp;water injection wells. Gas export capacity stands at {{convert|250|e6cuft/d|abbr=off}}. Azeri C&WP has some of the largest water injection pumps and gas injection compressors among BP platforms worldwide. The topsides have been constructed in the ATA (AMEC-Azfen-Tekfen) construction yard in Bibi-Heybat, Azerbaijan.<ref name="Azerbaijan International">
{{cite journal
 | url = http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai124_folder/124_articles/124_bp_developments.html
 | title = "Golden Weld" Ceremony Links Azerbaijan and Georgia
 |date=Winter 2004
 | at = sec. 12.4, pp. 84–87
 | journal = [[Azerbaijan International]]
 | accessdate = 2009-12-09 }}
</ref>

==2008 gas leak and blowout==
On 17 September 2008, a gas leak was discovered in the area of the Central Azeri platform after blowout in a gas-injection well.<ref name=reuters170908>
{{cite news
 | url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/09/17/bp-azerbaijan-idUKLH11994620080917
 | title = BP halves Azeri oil production after gas leak
 | date = 2008-09-17
 | first = Lada | last = Yevgrashina
 | agency = [[Reuters]]
 | accessdate = 2012-07-01}}
</ref><ref name=bloomberg170908>
{{cite news
 | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aEw7N7UprOpc&refer=energy
 | title = BP Shuts Down Two Azeri Oil Platforms After Gas Leak
 | date = 2008-09-17
 | first = Eduard | last = Gismatullin
 | agency = [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]
 | accessdate = 2012-07-01}}
</ref><ref name=time181210>
{{cite news
 | url = http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2037830,00.html
 | title = WikiLeaks: BP's 'Other' Offshore Drilling Disaster
 | date = 2010-07-01
 | first = Vivienne | last = Walt
 | newspaper = [[Time (magazine)|Time]]
 | accessdate = 2012-07-01}}
</ref>  The platform was shut down and the staff was evacuated.<ref name=reuters170908/><ref name=bloomberg170908/>  As the West Azeri Platform was being powered by a cable from the Central Azeri Platform, it was also shut down.<ref name=wikileaks081008>
{{cite report
 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/172998
 | title = US embassy cables: BP may never know cause of gas leak, US told
 | trans_title = Original title: Azerbaijan seeks to develop ACG deep gas, can supply Georgia with winter gas
 | date = 2008-10-08
 | author = US Embassy in Azerbaijan
 | newspaper = [[The Guardian]]
 | accessdate = 2012-07-01}}
</ref>  BP, an operator of ACG, suspected a bad cement job caused the leaking gas.<ref name=wikileaks150109>
{{cite report
 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/187280
 | title = US embassy cables: BP blames gas leak on 'bad cement job'
 | trans_title = Original title: Azerbaijan: BP downbeat on 2009 Shah Deniz phase two progress
 | date = 2009-01-15
 | author = US Embassy in Azerbaijan
 | newspaper = [[The Guardian]]
 | accessdate = 2012-07-01}}
</ref>  Production at the West Azeri Platform resumed on 9 October 2008 and at the Central Azeri Platform in December 2008.<ref name=reuters101008>
{{cite news
 | url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/10/10/bp-azerbaijan-production-idUKLA26181320081010
 | title = BP resumes oil output at one Azeri platform
 | date = 2008-10-10
 | first = Lada | last = Yevgrashina
 | agency = [[Reuters]]
 | accessdate = 2012-07-01}}
</ref><ref name=reuters231208>
{{cite news
 | url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/12/23/bp-field-resumption-idUKLN67920520081223
 | title = BP partially resumes production at Azeri platform
 | date = 2008-12-23
 | first = Lada | last = Yevgrashina
 | agency = [[Reuters]]
 | accessdate = 2012-07-01}}
</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Azerbaijan|Energy}}
*[[Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli]]
*[[Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline]]
*[[Sangachal Terminal]]
*[[South Caucasus Pipeline]]
*[[Baku-Supsa pipeline]]
*[[Baku–Novorossiysk pipeline]]
*[[Nabucco pipeline]]
*[[Baku-Novo Filya gas pipeline]]
*[[Nakhichevan field]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.rigzone.com/news/image_detail.asp?img_id=4174&a_id=74284 Image showing Chirag within ACG fields]

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[[Category:Oil fields of Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Energy in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Caspian Sea]]
[[Category:BP oil and gas fields]]