BP-Azerbaijan press speaker Tamam Bayatly said that BP will continue working with the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR) at the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli Field, 1news reports.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attended a Cabinet session on socio-economic development of 9 months of 2012 and expressed criticism of BP. He said that oil extraction at the Azeri and Chirag fields started dropping after many mistakes made by BP.