Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 11
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
The Iran Amir Kabir semi submersible drilling unit, which is operated by Iran in the Sardar-e Jangal field in the Caspian Sea, partly sank, but it was saved from being inundated.
An informed source told Fars news agency that the platform lost equilibrium due to wrong orders and human errors.
Meanwhile, Ali Osouli, managing director of Iran's Khazar Oil Company, said a leakage of water occurred today morning, but it was curbed with timely measures taken by repair and maintenance workers, Shana news agency reported on October 11.
Ezzatollah Hejazi, managing director of Iran's North Drilling Company, said the Amir Kabir platform is currently working normally.
The Amir Kabir platform is Iran's only platform operating in the Caspian Sea. Construction of the Amir Kabir platform started 13 years ago under the license of the GVA (Swedish Company) and then completed by Iran's Sadra Company.
Iran's Oil Ministry has announced that the Sardar-e Jangal field's discovered oil and gas layers hold in total two billion barrels of light crude oil alongside with 50 trillion cubic foots of gas reserves (equals to 1.4 trillion cubic meters).
Iran’s drilling rig sank in Caspian Sea
The Iran Amir Kabir semi submersible drilling unit, which is operated by Iran in the Sardar-e Jangal field in the Caspian Sea, partly sank, but it was saved from being inundated.