U.K. oil major BP PLC has successfully completed maintenance work at the
Chirag
platform in the Caspian Sea and will restore
exports through the Baku-Sapsa pipeline in the coming days, the company
said
Wednesday.
The Chirag platform produced 80,000-85,000 barrels of
oil a day before
maintenance work began July 10.
BP operates Azerbaijan's
Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli block in the Caspian Sea
in a consortium that includes Chevron Corp., Statoil ASA, Inpex Corp.
and
Itochu Corp.