VP von BP über drei Jahrzehnte in Aserbaidschan und eine Umstellung auf erneuerbare Energien

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VP von BP über drei Jahrzehnte in Aserbaidschan und eine Umstellung auf erneuerbare Energien  Der Vizepräsident der Kaspischen Region von British Petrolium, Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli, blickt auf mehr als 30 Jahre in Aserbaidschan zurück und hebt Meilensteine und laufende Projekte hervor.  Mit Unterstützung von Azpromo  LESEN SIE MEHR : http://de.euronews.com/2025/11/13/vp-von-bp-uber-drei-jahrzehnte-in-aserbaidschan-und-eine-umstellung-auf-erneuerbare-energi  Abonnieren Sie! Euronews gibt es in 12 Sprachen.

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00:00We're happy, we're proud to contribute to the country's energy infrastructure development

00:05and also recently to the energy transition story of the country as well.

00:17Hello everybody and a warm welcome back to another episode of Energy Frontiers brought to you from Baku.

00:24Today we're looking back through Azerbaijan's energy archives

00:27with one of its longest-standing international partners, BP.

00:31Having operated in the country for more than 30 years,

00:34we asked BP's Caspian Vice President,

00:37what does the future hold as the country increasingly moves to a decarbonised portfolio?

00:42But first, here's a quick look of how it all began for BP.

00:45BP first opened for business in Baku in 1992.

00:50Two years later, a landmark production sharing agreement

00:53for the Azeri Chirag Deepwater Ganashli oil field,

00:56better known as the Contract of the Century,

00:59was signed between the government of Azerbaijan, BP and its partners.

01:04More agreements soon followed,

01:06amongst them the Chardonnay's gas condensate field in the Caspian Sea.

01:11By 1997, BP's first oil was produced from the Chirag platform

01:16and in 2006, the Baku-Tbilisi-Yehan pipeline carried crude to the Mediterranean.

01:23Two years later, gas began flowing through the South Caucasus pipeline

01:27and by 2018, the inauguration of the Southern Gas Corridor

01:32linked Azerbaijan's resources straight to Europe.

01:35In recent years, BP and Azerbaijan's state energy company Socar have deepened their cooperation,

01:42collaborating on renewables, solar and low-carbon opportunities

01:46in line with the nation's net-zero ambitions.

01:50And with decades of partnership and progress behind them,

01:53BP is keen to have a legacy that reaches beyond upstream

01:56and extends to uplifting communities across Azerbaijan.

02:00Dr. Bakhtia, it's wonderful to see you.

02:03Thank you so much for talking to me today.

02:05Thank you very much for inviting me.

02:06BP was one of the main architects of the Contract of the Century.

02:11And of course, you're still the largest foreign investor in Azerbaijan today.

02:15You have an amazing 30-year history so far with the country.

02:19But as it looks towards the energy transition, how do you see the next 30 years?

02:24Let me first start with the fact that the true architect of the Contract of the Century

02:29is Azerbaijan itself.

02:31And to be more precise, the national leader here that I live.

02:34That was his leadership vision that created all the following processes and everything,

02:41all the biggest achievements, all the big milestones that we achieved together.

02:45It's just the result of his foresight politics.

02:48And one of the first companies who came to Azerbaijan

02:51right after the restoration of the independence early in 1992.

02:55And since then, we always are very proud of the trust of the government

03:00that trusted the operationship of the two very major strategic assets of the country,

03:06but also always felt that responsibility.

03:09If you look back, that journey is really, truly remarkable.

03:15The numbers tell the powerful stories.

03:17It's about 4.5 billion barrels of ACG oil, 257 billion cubic meters of Shaq-Denise gas.

03:24It's about more than 6,000 tankers from Jehan to the world markets.

03:30It's basically the energy that the world needed.

03:32We're happy to supply from the Caspian.

03:36In addition to hydrocarbon projects that we jointly developed with the government,

03:41with Socar, with other partners,

03:43we're really proud of our new solar energy project in the region.

03:48You referenced the Shafag solar projects.

03:51Let me ask you about that,

03:52because it's the first large-scale renewable project that Bibi has had here in Azerbaijan.

03:57You've called it world class,

03:59but if we look around the world,

04:01similar projects of its kind are stalling or even being delayed,

04:05facing off-take bottlenecks or financing challenges.

04:08What guarantees do you have that this flagship project will go to plan?

04:12We're jointly developing the Shafag project.

04:15And the virtual power transfer project is basically about developing 240 megawatt

04:20of the solar energy in Jabril region

04:23and then handing over that energy to national grid.

04:27And then they're getting about the same equivalent of the electricity

04:31in Sangachal Terminal to electrify Sangachal Terminal.

04:35If you also think about that cycle,

04:40the Hydro Energy Company,

04:42part of the revenues generated from hydrocarbon business,

04:46invested into the solar farm.

04:48And the solar electricity generated in that farm

04:51redirected to the electrification of the Sangachal Terminal,

04:55which in turn decreases the emission by 50% over the future life.

04:59At the peak of the project,

05:01we'll have about 400 jobs on the side.

05:04And for future,

05:06we believe that this model itself could be a great model to use

05:10for other projects as well.

05:12BP's ongoing upstream exploration and production side of things

05:17is no secret here in the Caspian Blocks.

05:19But how does that marry?

05:21How does that sit with Azerbaijan's decarbonization strategy

05:25and you as a green growth partner going forward?

05:28That's a great question.

05:30This is exactly what our strategy is all about.

05:32We continue operating the mature fields

05:34like ACG under the contract of the century and Chatenese.

05:38But at the same time,

05:40we are talking to the government,

05:42to the Minister of Energy,

05:44to Sokar and other parts of the government

05:46about the new projects.

05:48Recently, we started,

05:50we signed a new agreement

05:52for the development of NAC projects,

05:54non-associated gas under the ACG.

05:56We're already expecting first gas very soon.

06:00Chatenese compression,

06:01this is another $2.9 billion project,

06:04a CapEx project.

06:06Basically, that would help us

06:08to keep our Chatenese gas production at the top.

06:13And that should enable us to bring more gas

06:15from Chatenese field to the world markets.

06:20It's also about the Karabakh field,

06:22new oil field.

06:23New contract that we signed last summer.

06:27BP is keen to leave a legacy in Azerbaijan

06:29that extends beyond barrels,

06:31beyond megawatts, beyond partnerships.

06:34So tell me more about the app that you've co-developed.

06:37And it covers everything from sign language

06:38to meditation.

06:40Skeptics might say it's a left-field move

06:43for an oil major to be doing this.

06:45So why the app and why now?

06:47They've always tried to contribute to the society,

06:49as a social development of the society.

06:51We're trying to invest into education, environment,

06:55enterprise development,

06:56in promoting of the rich cultural heritage of the country,

06:59supporting sport activities.

07:01So that was part of the CSR activities.

07:03And recently that the sign that the SPER would develop together

07:09with partners and application that would help

07:11to get to achieve more inclusive society.

07:15Or recently we had a presentation of the textbooks,

07:21international textbooks,

07:22translated into Azerbaijan,

07:25and we delivered that to universities.

07:27At the same time,

07:28we're paying quite a serious attention

07:29on environmental projects,

07:31on the tree planting activities,

07:32reforestation activities,

07:34water neutrality type of the projects,

07:37and always the cultural heritage.

07:39Dr. Bakhtia, we have to leave our conversation there,

07:41but thank you so much for your time today.

07:43Thank you very much.

07:44Pleasure is mine.

07:44Thank you.

07:45Well, that's all we have time for

07:47in this episode of Energy Frontiers,

07:49brought to you from our studio in Baku, Azerbaijan.

07:51Thanks for watching.

07:52I hope you enjoyed it.

07:53And for more shows like it,

07:55just head to eurinews.com.

07:56I'll see you soon.

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