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Azerbaijanâ€™s President Ilham Aliyev receives BP president Tony Hayward

06 July 2010 13:59 (UTC +04:00)

During his visit Mr. Hayward met with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan HE Ilham Aliyev briefing him on the current status and plans for BP-operated projects in this country.

Mr Hayward re-iterated BPâ€™s commitment to Azerbaijan and to continuing successful cooperation with the government and SOCAR. Mr. Hayward once again highlighted the importance of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli and Shah Deniz oil and gas development, as well as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and South Caucasus Pipeline projects to Azerbaijan, the region and global energy markets. Mr. Hayward also emphasized the significance of continued exploration activities in the Caspian to the energy future of the region.

Mr. Hayward specifically extended his congratulations to President Aliyev on the recently achieved agreement between the governments of Azerbaijan and Turkey on the sale of Azerbaijani gas to Turkey and its transportation to the European markets through the territory of Turkey. Mr. Hayward commented that Shah Deniz full field development represented one of the most important projects in BP and as operator the company was looking forward to progressing it at pace.