Azerbaijan oil and condensate output falls Jan-July 2014

BAKU, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Crude oil and condensate production

in Azerbaijan fell to 23.535 million tonnes in January-July from

24.098 million tonnes in the same period last year, a source at

the State Statistics Committee said, driven by declines at

fields operated by BP (LSE: BP.L - news) .

Falling output at the main Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli (ACG)

oilfields had previously raised concerns in Baku.

British oil major BP and its partner, Azeri state

energy firm SOCAR, have tried to calm those fears by saying last

year that production had stabilised. Total (NYSE: TOT - news) oil output grew last

year for the first time since 2011.

BP said earlier this year that oil production at ACG in 2014

might be slightly lower than in 2013 as the company planned

maintenance work at the Central Azeri and West Azeri platforms,

halting operations for a couple of weeks.

Below is table with Azerbaijan's oil and gas production:

Jan-Ju Jan-Jul

ly 14 y 13

Oil and condensate (mln 23.535 24.098

tonnes)

including commercial oil (mln tonnes) 20.418 23.885

Total natural gas (bln cubic 17.769 16.739

metres)

including commercial gas (bln cubic 10.764 10.286

metres)

(Reporting by Nailia Bagirova; Writing by Katya Golubkova;

Editing by Alexander Winning)