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BP and its partners yesterday commenced operations at the $28-billion Shah Deniz 2 gas development in Azerbaijan. It is the origin of the Southern Gas Corridor to carry gas supplies into Europe and is being seen as a move to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russia. Shah Deniz is the largest gas discovery ever made by BP, in 1999. Shah Deniz 1, the first-phase of field development, began production in 2006.